The application was filed by an NGO working for the protection of rights of persons with visual impairment. This was in cognizance with the order passed by the Delhi High Court for the reservation of sears for the post of stenographer, telephone operator and special educator (computer science). The chief commissioner for persons with disabilities had ordered the ministry of social justice to reanalyse and submit a consolidated list of identified posts for persons with disabilities and ordered DSSSB to republish posts for, and reserve one percent seats for persons with visual impairment. 

A public interest litigation was filled to highlight an incidence of discrimination on the part of a government department in the recruitment process against persons with disabilities (blind and low vision people). The court directed the Union of India to constitute a commitee consisting of Cheif Commisioner for persons with disabilties, joint Secretary Department of Personnel & Training, Joint Secretary Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Joint Secretary Department of Public enterprises, and Secretary Staff Selection Commission and solicit information with regard to recruitments done by PSU from the date of enactment of PWD Act 1995, and prepare a backlog of vacancies in every establishment for persons with disabilities. It also orderd the commitee to ensure at least 50% vacancies in shortlisted companies be filled by persons with disability. Further it was directed by the court to PSU and governmetn department that no recruitment can be done unless provisons  are made for persons with disabilties. 

This petition was filed when the petitioner read an advertisement inviting applications for Group B post, whereby there was reservation for ST/SC/OBC but no reservation was awarded for persons with disabilities. Although The Persons With Disabilities Act mentions for reservation of 3% in government jobs but ministry of railway didn't followed this legal provision, hence a public interest litigation was filed. The court allowed the writ petition by directing the UOI as follows:-

  

Sanchita Biswas, a physically handicapped candidate appeared for the Joint Entrance Examination of 1997 for admission to Medical Colleges in Calcutta. But she was unsuccessful in clearing the Entrance Examination. After the examination was over the government reserved eight seats for hill candidates along with other category reservations but no seat was reserved for physically handicapped persons. So the respondent filed a writ petition. The court directed the concerned authority to prepare a special list of the physically handicapped candidates who appeared for this examination in 1996-97 and give those on this list reservation of three per cent.

The authorities challenged the court's order by filing the present appeal. They argued that state government providing reservation to hill candidates on the basis that it would cater to the medical needs of hill people. The writ petition could not have been allowed after having participated in the selection process in which the respondent was unsuccessful.

The court held that, in the prescribed form for appearing at the Joint Entrance Examination for Medical Stream there is a space to indicate whether the candidate is physically handicapped. After indicating in the affirmative the petitioner sat for the examination expecting some protective leniency. But the authorities failed to provide reservation to physically handicapped persons. So the appeal was dismissed.