The High Court has given an important decision regarding the appointment of Anganwadi workers. The High Court has declared 70 percent of disabled women ineligible for employment. The case was heard by a double bench of Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Geeta Gopi.
During the hearing, the court said that such people have been appointed. He said that “the appellant authorities do not need to investigate further on the issue of medical fitness and they only have to reach the conclusion whether the medical certificate is sufficient or not.”
The High Court accepted the appeal of the officials on merits and quashed the decision of the single judge. This case was related to a 70 percent disabled woman who had passed the Anganwadi examination but was not given a job because she was 70 percent disabled.
Actually a woman had applied for a job in Anganwadi and was initially selected, but during document verification it was revealed that the woman is 70 percent disabled. The woman had submitted her fitness certificate, but she was not given the job. The woman challenged the case in the court and a single judge bench ruled in favor of the woman. On this the officials filed a petition and a two-judge bench overturned the decision and declared the woman ineligible for the job.
A bench of two judges said that the woman is more than 40 percent disabled. In such a situation, she will have difficulty in doing work related to Anganwadi. In Anganwadi, women have to take care of the nutrition of small children. Pregnant women also have to take care of their health. After the birth of the child, vaccination and other health related needs have to be taken care of.
If a child falls ill, he has to be taken to the hospital and updates have to be taken from time to time. In this connection, many times one has to go to the homes of children and women. For the pre-schooling of children, they have to be dropped from home to Anganwadi center and from the center to home. Physical fitness is necessary to do all these types of work. For this reason, the woman was found unfit for the Anganwadi job.
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