{"id":51753,"date":"2018-02-28T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51753"},"modified":"2018-02-28T12:17:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:47:27","slug":"railways-allow-visually-impaired-aspirants-job-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/railways-allow-visually-impaired-aspirants-job-exam","title":{"rendered":"Railways to allow visually impaired aspirants for job exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/visually-impaired-aspirants-for-job.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" data-attachment-id=\"51754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/railways-allow-visually-impaired-aspirants-job-exam\/visually-impaired-aspirants-for-job\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/visually-impaired-aspirants-for-job.jpg?fit=280%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"280,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"visually impaired aspirants for job\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/visually-impaired-aspirants-for-job.jpg?fit=280%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51754\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/visually-impaired-aspirants-for-job.jpg?resize=280%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/visually-impaired-aspirants-for-job.jpg?w=280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/visually-impaired-aspirants-for-job.jpg?resize=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>The railway ministry today told the Delhi High Court that it will allow visually impaired candidates to appear in its recruitment examinations.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry informed a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar that it would allow such candidates against its 90,000 vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>The response came on a plea by National Federation of the Blind challenging two recent notifications according to which visually impaired persons were barred from appearing for recruitment exams.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry also said that it would issue a fresh notification in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>The court has now fixed the matter for further hearing on March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The railway ministry today told the Delhi High Court that it will allow visually impaired candidates to appear in its recruitment examinations. 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