Tagged “functional-assessment”

Anil Kumar S.B. v. KPTCL (2025): disability suitability needs a functional assessment, not just a medical certificate

A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court allowed a person with locomotor disability to be appointed as Assistant Accounts Officer under the PwD quota, holding that suitability cannot be judged on a medical certificate alone but must include a functional assessment of the candidate's actual ability to do the job. A digest of the facts, the holding under the RPwD Act 2016, and what it means for public-employment selection.