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Quota for disabled: SC seeks status reports from States, UTs

The Supreme Court today asked states like Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand and Rajasthan to file status reports regarding implementation of legal provisions on grant of reservation to disabled persons.<br/><br/>A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked States and Union Territories, which have not complied with its earlier direction, to file status reports giving details of progress made in awarding quota to persons suffering from different kind of disabilities. It fixed the matter for hearing in September.<br/><br/>Earlier, the court had issued notice on a fresh plea by Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation, that the Centre and states be asked to file reports on the status of the implementation of provisions of the Persons with Disabilities, Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation, Act, 1995.

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