AIIMS Rishikesh will begin the screening on March 7th. Director of Secondary Education, Dr. Mukul Kumar Sati, has issued instructions to all Chief Education Officers in this regard.
The Director of Education stated in the directive that health checkups of lecturers appointed under the disability quota in the lecturer cadre in Uttarakhand since the state’s formation are to be conducted. The Medical Board has decided that the health checkups will be conducted twice a week, on Thursdays and Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS Rishikesh.
On March 7th, the health checkups of 50 teachers recruited under the disability quota will be conducted. Subsequent health checkups will be conducted on March 12th, March 14th, March 28th, and April 2nd, respectively. The directive states that a list of teachers recruited under the disability quota has been sent to all CEOs. The teachers on the list should be informed of this. Unilateral action will be taken against teachers who fail to appear on the scheduled date for verification.
This is the case
Dehradun. Some teachers in the Education Department obtained jobs using fake disability certificates. The Education Department had issued notices to these teachers. The matter came to light when the National Federation of the Blind filed a public interest litigation in the High Court. Based on this litigation, the State Medical Board examined the disability certificates of some teachers in 2022 and found them to be fake. Following this, the Education Department was directed to take action against these teachers, but no action has been taken in the matter so far.
The list includes names of teachers from these districts
The list of 234 teachers recruited under the disability quota includes teachers from all districts, including Pauri, Nainital, Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Tehri, and Haridwar.
The Court Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities also directed action.
The Court Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities heard the case on November 22, 2025, and directed the Education Department to provide the list of such teachers filed in the public interest litigation and take action in the matter.
As per the court order, the health of teachers recruited under the disability quota is to be examined. A team of neurosurgeons from AIIMS and several other doctors from the Health Department will conduct this examination.
