28-year-old disabled ISRO scientist Kartik Kansal, with muscular dystrophy, denied service allocation despite passing UPSC civil services exam four times and ranking 271 in 2021.
28-year-old Kartik Kansal, a disabled ISRO scientist with muscular dystrophy, has been denied service allocation despite passing the UPSC civil services examination four times. Kansal, who uses a wheelchair and has taught himself to write, had ranked 271 in the 2021 exam, meeting IAS eligibility. However, his muscular dystrophy was not recognized as an eligible condition, and his case is now pending at the Central Administrative Tribunal.
July 20, 2024
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