In a bid to solve problems and make physically-challenged people aware of their rights and services, office of the State Disabled Commissioner is to organise a day-long Mobile Court-cum-awareness camp at Aryabhatta Auditorium here on Saturday. The mobile court-cum-awareness camp will be inaugurated by Governor Droupadi Murmu at 9 am.
“It will be a day-long programme from 9 am to 4 pm where the court will hear complaints from the physically challenged persons and try to solve it then and there,” said an official of State Disability Commissioner’s office requesting anonymity. Besides hearing their problems, the Court will also try to create awareness among the disabled people about various schemes and programmes being run for them by the Government, he added.
After looking at the response of participants, it will further be organised in other districts of the state.
The Court will primarily hear complaints related to the issues of disability certificate, free education of a disabled child till the age of 18, reservation during admission in various educational institutions, reservation in Government jobs, reservation in the schemes related to elimination of poverty, pension for the disabled persons under Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. The Court will also hear complaints related to discrimination on the basis of disability.
Those persons who have not been issued disability certificate so far have been asked to bring three photographs while those who want to lodge any complaint, will have to bring disability certificate, income certificate, caste certificate or residential certificate along with them.
In order to make more and more people turn up in mobile court cum awareness camp, intensive publicity through print and electronic media is being done in Ranchi. Advertisement in newspapers has also been published besides, putting hoardings at some of the spots across Ranchi.
“Various agencies related to child welfare have also been asked to publicise this programme even in the remote areas through Anganbari Sevikas,” the official said.