Dehradun, March 8 -- Disability Certificate Scam

Dehradun, 6 Mar: The issue of fake disability certificates in Uttarakhand is once in the spotlight. Official sources claim that the case is expected to create difficulties for those who had allegedly secured jobs in the Education Department by availing reservation benefits on the basis of fraudulent disability certificates.

It may be recalled that, earlier, disability certificates of 52 lecturers were found to be fake during a departmental inquiry, after which action from the department was awaited. However, no concrete step was taken at that stage. Now the department has decided to conduct a fresh examination of disability certificates of all the 234 lecturers appointed under disability ...