Rupali Prabati Lokhande v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
RPwD Act 2016 disability certificate re-verification re-assessment Zilla Parishad teachers Maharashtra UDID benchmark disability 40% Section 56 Section 57 Section 91 Section 59 moral turpitude compulsory retirement Government Resolution 16.06.2025 GR 09.10.2025 hearing impairment BERA locomotor Swavlamban portal Article 226 Article 14 writ petitions partly allowed special Medical Board 120 days suspension quashed FCI Jagdish Balaram Bahira Ravindra Kumar Sharma Ram Prakash Kharlwa Rajasthan Maharashtra Rules 2024 Rule 8 fraudulent disability benefits
What did the court decide?
Impugned orders of suspension, stoppage of salaries, directions to register FIRs, cancellation of Approvals/Shalarth IDs, disciplinary orders and transfers issued during the medical re-verification/re-assessment exercise are quashed and set aside, subject to the category-wise directions in Paragraph 97; the State is permitted to complete the one-time re-assessment through specially constituted Medical Boards within 120 days; employees refusing examination face suspension at 50% basic salary; only Swavlamban-portal UDID cards are valid prospectively; pending Interim Applications disposed of.