Kerala High Court upholds 4% disability quota in promotions

In India, people with disabilities sometimes get extra help to make things fair, like a special quota that sets aside some jobs for them.

In the state of Kerala, the rule says 4 out of every 100 promotions should go to people with disabilities.

A man with a 40 per cent disability works as a senior clerk at the Police Telecommunication Headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram.

He believed the government should have promoted him because of this rule, so he asked a tribunal to help.

The tribunal agreed and told the government to consider giving him the promotion.

The government did not follow the order, so the man complained again.

A high court judge then said the man should be considered for the promotion under the quota.

However, the judge also said the tribunal went too far when it gave extra orders during the complaint process.

The court explained that a tribunal looking into a contempt complaint can only check whether an order was followed, not order new things.

So the man can still ask the tribunal to check whether the government followed the rules.