In the Court of State
Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
National Capital
Territory of Delhi
25- D,
Mata Sundari Road, Near Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi-2
[Vested with powers of Civil Court under the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016]
Case No. 4/1425/2016-Wel./CD/6032-6034 Dated:08.03.2018
In the matter of:
Sh. Vijay Kumar,
Vijay000786@gmail.com
……................ Petitioner
Versus
The Engineer-in-Chief(PWD),
12th Floor, MSO Building,
I.P. Estate, New Delhi-110002. ...………...…Respondent No.1
The Chief Engineer,
SE, Circle M-22, PWD,
Players Building
Vikas Bhawan-II, New
Delhi. ………………Respondent
No. 2
Date of Hearing 08.03.2018
Present: Sh.
Vijay Kumar, Complainant (not present).
Sh. S.K. Jain, AE(PWD)
M-221, Delhi Sachivalya on behalf of the respondent.
ORDER
The above named complainant, a person with
90% locomotor disability vide his e-mail dated 15.09.2016 informed that the
Police Public Dispensary, Jagat Puri, Police Colony has no ramp at the
entrance. The toilet was also not
accessible. He, therefore, could not
enter the dispensary with his wheel chair and use the toilet.
2. The complaint
was taken up with Respondent No. 1 vide communication dated 06.10.2016 followed
by reminders.
3. The papers
travelled among various offices namely Civil Health Maintenance, Sub
Division(East)-5, GTB Hospital Campus(Shahdara) and I.P. Estate as the
concerned offices were not clear as to who would deal with the matter. Therefore, a hearing was held on 22.01.2018
which was attended by Sh. Mohan Lal, Superintending Engineer(Civil), Health
Maintenance Circle, PWD who informed that the said dispensary was being
maintained by Division 221 and Chief Engineer(Circle M-22) was impleaded as
Respondent No. 2 and was directed to submit action plan by 15.02.2018 to make
the dispensary accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the
‘Harmonised Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier-Free Built Environment
for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly Persons’ issued by the Ministry of
Urban Development, Govt. of India.
4. During the
hearing on 08.03.2018, Sh. S.K. Jain, AE(PWD) M-221, Delhi Sachivalya vide his
letter dated 08.03.2018 informed that the ramp at the gate of dispensary and
the toilet work for persons with disabilities has been started. The work is in progress and will be completed
within one week at Jagat Puri, Police Colony.
5. In light of
the above, the complaint is closed and disposed off with the direction to
respondent no. 2 to submit by 28.03.2018 a report on completion of the work indicating
the list of facilities that have been made accessible to persons with
disabilities at the above mentioned dispensary.
6. Given under my
hand and the seal of the Court this 8th day of March, 2018.
(T.D. Dhariyal)
State Commissioner for Persons with
Disabilities
