Reservation for Persons with Benchmark disability:

Four percent horizontal reservation has been provided to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities as per
section 34 of “Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”. The persons with under mentioned
categories of disabilities may apply:
A. Locomotor Disability (LD):
Person with disability of one hand or one leg provided independent mobility is not affected, only
are eligible to apply. Leprosy cured person, Cerebral policy, dwarfism, muscular dystrophy and
Acid attack victim are specified in the Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016 would be covered under
Locomotor Disability.
B. Visual Impairment (VI):
Candidates with Visual impairment as defined under The Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016, are eligible
to apply.
C. Hearing Impairment (HI):
Persons with “deaf” and “hard of hearing” disability as defined under The Schedule of RPwD Act,
2016, are eligible to apply.
D. Intellectual Disability (ID):
Persons having “specific Learning disability” and “Autism spectrum disorder” as defined under
The Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016, are only eligible to apply.
E. Multiple Disabilities (MD):
More than one of the above mentioned disabilities.
Note: only person with benchmark disabilities as defined under section 2. (r) of the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 would be eligible for reservation.
A person who wants to avail the benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate
issued by a Competent Authority as prescribed in RPwD Act, 2016. Such certificate will be subject to
verification as may be decided by LIC.