Stop deputing vehicle examiners above 55 yrs on driving duties, HC tells DTC
12 Sept 2014 5:05 AM IST
A division bench of chief justice G Rohini and justice RS Endlaw asked the Delhi government counsel to take instructions and inform the court on the allegations made in the petition by 17 September.
The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed against the government and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), seeking directions for them to stop vehicle examiners in the DTC from driving buses, who are mostly above 55 years of age and exempted from medical examination, which is mandatory for drivers.
The plea filed by Kamran Malik through advocate Kamran Siddiqui said that most vehicle examiners beyond 55 years of age suffer from serious ailments and the DTC should be restrained from deploying them for driving duties in any manner whether on roads or inside the depots.
It said that despite promoting vehicle examiners from the post of drivers, the DTC has been asking them to drive buses.
The vehicle examiner’s job is not to drive buses on daily routes and therefore there was no requirement of medical or fitness examinations for them for continuing in service and their age of superannuation was 60 years, the plea said.
‘Therefore, it is apparently risky to take driving duties from vehicle examiners who are generally beyond the age of 55 years and not subject to any medical or fitness tests,’ it added.
The plea said vehicle examiners were there for examination of vehicles being taken out of the depot and vehicles in the shedding depot. There duties are also related to the training of new drivers in the training school. The petitioner said he interacted with vehicle examiner Santram, who is 59 years old and suffering from hearing impairment and other diseases.
After promotion as vehicle examiner he was exempted from the annual medical examination mandatory for drivers.
The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed against the government and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), seeking directions for them to stop vehicle examiners in the DTC from driving buses, who are mostly above 55 years of age and exempted from medical examination, which is mandatory for drivers.
The plea filed by Kamran Malik through advocate Kamran Siddiqui said that most vehicle examiners beyond 55 years of age suffer from serious ailments and the DTC should be restrained from deploying them for driving duties in any manner whether on roads or inside the depots.
It said that despite promoting vehicle examiners from the post of drivers, the DTC has been asking them to drive buses.
The vehicle examiner’s job is not to drive buses on daily routes and therefore there was no requirement of medical or fitness examinations for them for continuing in service and their age of superannuation was 60 years, the plea said.
‘Therefore, it is apparently risky to take driving duties from vehicle examiners who are generally beyond the age of 55 years and not subject to any medical or fitness tests,’ it added.
The plea said vehicle examiners were there for examination of vehicles being taken out of the depot and vehicles in the shedding depot. There duties are also related to the training of new drivers in the training school. The petitioner said he interacted with vehicle examiner Santram, who is 59 years old and suffering from hearing impairment and other diseases.
After promotion as vehicle examiner he was exempted from the annual medical examination mandatory for drivers.
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