{"id":57691,"date":"2006-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-gurunathan-vs-the-management-of-on-3-april-2006"},"modified":"2014-07-06T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T10:32:13","slug":"r-gurunathan-vs-the-management-of-on-3-april-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-gurunathan-vs-the-management-of-on-3-april-2006","title":{"rendered":"R.Gurunathan vs The Management Of on 3 April, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">R.Gurunathan vs The Management Of on 3 April, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF THE MADRAS HIGH COURT\n\n\nDATED : 03\/04\/2006\n\n\nCORAM\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.JYOTHIMANI\n\n\nW.P.No.3970 of 2004\nand\nW.P.M.P.Nos.4001 to 4003 of 2005\n\n\n\nR.Gurunathan\t\t\t....\tPetitioner\n\n\nVs.\n\n\t\n1.The Management of\n  Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation\n  (Madurai) Limited,\n  represented by its,\n  General Manager (Operation),\n  Bye-Pass Road,\n  Madurai - 625 010.\n\n2.The Management of\n  Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation\n  (Madurai) Limited,\n  represented by its,\n  Managing Director,\n  Bye-Pass Road,\n  Madurai - 625 010.\t\t....\tRespondents\n\n\nPRAYER\n\n\nWrit Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India\npraying for the issuance of a Writ of  Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the\nrecords in connection with the order of discharge of the petitioner from service\nbearing \"Reference No.Admn.\/A4\/4830\/2003 dated on 21.09.2004 given by the 1st\nrespondent and quash the same, consequently direct the respondents to reinstate\nthe petitioner in service in a suitable alternative job or kept in a\nsupernumerary post until a suitable post is available till the superannuation of\nthe petitioner,whichever is earlier with the same pay scale and continuity of\nservice with full back wages and with all other service benefits,award costs.\n\n\n!For Petitioner\t\t...\tMr.D.Hariparanthaman\n\t\t\t\tfor Mr.H.Arumugam\n\n^For Respondent \t...\tMr.T.Sivamanoharan\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n:ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>\tHeard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned<br \/>\ncounsel for the respondents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t2. In the judgment rendered by me in the batch of Writ petitions in<br \/>\nW.P.Nos.409 of 2004 etc.,  dated 06.01.2006, relying upon the judgment of the<br \/>\nSupreme Court in Kunalsingh Vs.Union of India and another reported in 2003 (4)<br \/>\nSCC 524,  I have held that as per Section 47(1) of the Persons with Disabilities<br \/>\n(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995,<br \/>\nany person acquired disability during the course of employment either in<br \/>\nconsequence of the nature of employment or otherwise, the &#8220;disability&#8221; as<br \/>\ndefined under Section 2(i) of the Act, is to be shifted to some other post with<br \/>\nthe same pay scale and service benefits and even in cases where it is not<br \/>\npossible to adjust the employee against any post he should be kept on a<br \/>\nsupernumerary post until a suitable post was available or he attains the age of<br \/>\nsuperannuation whichever is earlier.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t3. I have also held that the Act has come into force on 07.02.1996 and any<br \/>\nemployee who was discharged thereafter on account of the disability acquired is<br \/>\nvested with such right.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t4. I have also held that in Para.29 of the said judgment while deciding<br \/>\nabout the term disability under Section 2(i) of the Persons with Disabilities<br \/>\n(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, is<br \/>\ndifferent from the term &#8220;person with disability&#8221; defined under 2(t) of the Act<br \/>\nand only in respect of those cases where, person who is not in employment<br \/>\nseeking the benefit under the Act in respect of schemes promulgated therein, the<br \/>\ncertificate of medical authority contemplated under the Act is required.<br \/>\nHowever, in respect of the persons who are already in services who have acquired<br \/>\ndisability during employment there was no necessity for producing  a certificate<br \/>\nfrom medical authority contemplated under Section 2(p) of the said Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t5. Apart from many other reasons, I have come to the said conclusion on<br \/>\nthe basis that the various disabilities mentioned under Section 2(i) of the<br \/>\nPersons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full<br \/>\nParticipation) Act, 1995 have been independently defined under the definition<br \/>\nclause itself and therefore construing the said provision as a beneficial<br \/>\nlegislation.  I have held that finding of any authority about saud disabilities<br \/>\nis sufficient for the purpose of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t6. The relevant passage in the judgment are &#8220;Therefore in my considered<br \/>\nview, the contentions of the learned counsels that unless and until a<br \/>\ncertificate issued by the competent authority contemplated under the Act is<br \/>\ngiven, the benefits under Section 47 of the Act cannot be claimed is an<br \/>\nuntenable argument.  Further as laid down by the Supreme Court, the beneficial<br \/>\nlegislation like Act 1 of 1996 must be construed with the object of the Act and<br \/>\nits purpose must be preferred to the one which obstructs the objects and<br \/>\nparalyses the purpose.  Therefore, the finding of any authority about disability<br \/>\nis sufficient for the purpose of the Act.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\t7. Even though, it is true that the certificate of the medical authority<br \/>\nas prescribed under the Act is not necessary for the purpose of conferring<br \/>\nbenefit under Section 47(1) of the said Act, there must be some certificate to<br \/>\nprove that the person has suffered any one of the disabilities mentioned under<br \/>\nSection 2(i) of the Act, by construing the definition of various disabilities<br \/>\nexplained by way of definition under Section 2 of Persons with Disabilities<br \/>\n(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.<br \/>\nTherefore, touch stone to decide about the disability explained in the medical<br \/>\ncertificate is Section 2(i) itself.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t8. In cases where the certificate produced by a medical board or any of<br \/>\nthe authority for the purpose of stating that a person is unfit due to the<br \/>\nmedical reason, is unable to be construed as a disability under the above said<br \/>\nAct,  it is always open to the employer to refer such employee for a fresh<br \/>\ncertificate to show whether the disabilities comes within the meaning of the<br \/>\nsaid Act namely Section 2(i) of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal<br \/>\nOpportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995,  for,<br \/>\nunder the said Act person having disability but those disabilities which are<br \/>\ndefined therein alone are entitled to the benefits of Section 47(1) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t9. In this case, the certificate issued by the medical board namely the<br \/>\nRegional Institute of Ophthalmology Hospital, Chennai.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Name:Thiru R.Gurunathan\t\tAge:44\t\tSex: Male<br \/>\n\t\t\tRight Eye\t\t\t\tLeft Eye<\/p>\n<p>Distant Vision\t  : 6\/18 with-0.50 D<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tCyl 90o \t\t\t    6\/6<\/p>\n<p>Near Vision\t  : N8 with +1.50 D sph   N6 with +1.50 D Sph<br \/>\nColour Vision\t  : Normal\t\t\t  Normal<br \/>\nFundus\t\t  : Macular Scar R.E\t  Normal<br \/>\nFields\t\t  : Full\t\t\t\t  Full<br \/>\nEyes and Adnexa  : Normal\t\t\t  Normal<br \/>\nDark Adaptation  : Normal\t\t\t  Normal<br \/>\n\tRemarks:Eyes Unfit due to Macular Scar in Right Eye.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\t10. Therefore, it is clear from the said certificate that his eyes are<br \/>\nunfit due to macular scar in the right eye which has to be certainly treated as<br \/>\ndisability either within the meaning of Section 2(i) or 2(ii) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t11. In view of the same, following the said judgment the writ petition<br \/>\nstands allowed.  There is no order as to costs. Consequently, connected<br \/>\nW.P.M.Ps.  are closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>sms<\/p>\n<p>P.JYOTHIMANI,J<br \/>\nsms<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>1.The Management of<br \/>\n  Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation<br \/>\n  (Madurai) Limited,<br \/>\n  represented by its,<br \/>\n  General Manager (Operation),<br \/>\n  Bye-Pass Road,<br \/>\n  Madurai &#8211; 625 010.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.The Management of<br \/>\n  Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation<br \/>\n  (Madurai) Limited,<br \/>\n  represented by its,<br \/>\n  Managing Director,<br \/>\n  Bye-Pass Road,<br \/>\n  Madurai &#8211; 625 010.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court R.Gurunathan vs The Management Of on 3 April, 2006 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF THE MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03\/04\/2006 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.JYOTHIMANI W.P.No.3970 of 2004 and W.P.M.P.Nos.4001 to 4003 of 2005 R.Gurunathan &#8230;. Petitioner Vs. 1.The Management of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai) Limited, represented by its, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madras-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R.Gurunathan vs The Management Of on 3 April, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-gurunathan-vs-the-management-of-on-3-april-2006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"R.Gurunathan vs The Management Of on 3 April, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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