Samadhan Kalu Shewale and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr the Sec. Person With Disabilities Welfare and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Disability certificate re-verification Maharashtra; UDID card validity; RPwD Act 2016 Sections 56, 57, 91; benchmark disability 40%; Maharashtra RPwD Rules 2024 Rule 8; Zilla Parishad teacher suspensions quashed; moral turpitude compulsory retirement; Article 14 arbitrariness; Ravindra Kumar Sharma; Ram Prakash Kharlwa; Jagdish Balaram Bahira; Swavlamban portal; BERA hearing impairment; one-time measure 120 days; Government Resolution 16.06.2025 and 09.10.2025.
What did the court decide?
All writ petitions partly allowed: punitive/coercive orders issued during the re-verification exercise (suspensions, stoppage of salaries, FIR directions, cancellation of approvals/Shalarth IDs, disciplinary orders, transfers) quashed subject to the para 97 category-wise framework; re-verification approved as a one-time measure requiring a special Medical Board, with completion directed within 120 days, refusal consequences, apology/voluntary-retirement route, doctor accountability and stricter future UDID/recruitment scrutiny; pending interim applications disposed.