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Section 3: Establishment not to discriminate on the ground of disability

Delhi Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2018Union territory Rules of Delhi · 2016

(1) The head of the establishment shall ensure that the provision of sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Act are not misused to deny any right or benefit to persons with disabilities covered under the Act.

(2) On receipt of a complaint from an aggrieved person regarding discrimination on the ground of disability, the head of the private establishment employing twenty or more persons or a Government establishment shall -

(a) initiate action in accordance with the provisions of the Act; or

(b) inform the aggrieved person in writing as to how the impugned act or omission is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

(3) If the aggrieved person submits a complaint to the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, the complaint shall be disposed of within a period of thirty days:

Provided that in exceptional cases, keeping in view the urgency of the subject matter of the complaint, such a complaint may be disposed off in a time period of less than thirty days, as decided by the State Commissioner.

(4) No establishment shall compel a person with disability to partly or fully pay the costs incurred for reasonable accommodation.

Where this provision sits

ActDelhi Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2018
Section3
Marginal noteEstablishment not to discriminate on the ground of disability
JurisdictionUnion territory of Delhi
StatusIn force as published by the source

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