Height Matters.

In Karnataka recently 200 Motor Vehicles Inspectors were selected and out of it 40 candidates were refused appointment orders because their height is less then 167 cm. The fixed height for a person to be appointed as a Motor vehicles Inspector is 167 cm.

All the 40 candidates moved the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.

The Tribunal in its order dated 2.3.2010 has directed the Transport Department to issue orders to all the applicants . In its order the Tribunal has observed that height is not going to do anything with their duty. So a cm less or more will not have any adverse effect in their function. So the Tribunal directed the Department to absorb all the candidates and directed it to seek relaxation from the provision which specifies the height.

(Input from Times of India dt. 11.3.2010)