WRIT - C No. 7585 of 2025 at Lucknow

1 AFR Neutral Citation:- 2025:AHC-LKO:46235 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD (LUCKNOW) Court No.- 6 WRIT – C No. 7585 of 2025 Maaz Ahmad …. Petitioners Versus U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare Nirman Bhawan New Delhi and 8 Others ….Respondents Counsel for Petitioner(s): Diwakar Singh Gautam, Rajeiu Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s): A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Gyanendra Kumar Srivastava, Shashank Bhasin, Syed Mohammad Haider Rizv CORAM: HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. JUDGMENT (07.08.2025) 1. Heard Shri Rajeiu Kumar Tripathi and Shri Diwakar Singh Gautam learned counsel(s) for the petitioner and Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and D.S.G.I. assisted by Shri Anand Dwivedi, learned counsel for respondent nos.1 to 4; Shri Gyanendra Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent no.5; Shri Manish Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent no.6 and Shri Vikas Rai, learned counsel for respondent no.7. 2. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner who is suffering from benchmark disability as defined under the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as "Act"). 2 The claim of the petitioner is that