Candidate With 90% Hearing Impairment Erroneously Excluded from PwD Category; Appointment Directed on Humanitarian Grounds: Rajasthan High Court

In an important judgment, the Rajasthan High Court has directed the State to appoint a petitioner, who has 90% hearing impairment, to the post of Safai Karamchari. The petitioner had applied for the position in 2018 under both the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories. However, due to a software error, his application was mistakenly processed under the SC category only, resulting in his name not being…