Uttarakhand: AIIMS Rishikesh to investigate disabilities of 234 lecturers

March 6, 2026

All 234 lecturers recruited under the disability quota in the Education Department since the state’s formation will be screened for their disabilities. The Medical Board at 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 the examination.

This is the case

Dehradun. Some teachers in the Education Department obtained jobs using fake disability certificates. The Education Department 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 fraudulent. Following this, the Education Department was directed to take action against these teachers, but no action has been taken in the matter to date.