Officer suspended for forcing disabled lady to climb 2nd floor for marriage

An officer from the marriage registration office in Khar had to face suspension after a disabled woman was forced to go up to the secondfloor office on her wedding day to complete the formalitiesOn Wednesday the Maharashtra revenue department issued a government resolution GR suspending the officer Arun GhodekarLast week the disabled woman Virali Modi who uses a wheelchair and identifies herself as a disability rights activist in a post on X that she had to be carried to the secondfloor office of the marriage registrar in Mumbai on her wedding day because the building had no lift and the officials refused to come down to complete the formalitiesHow is this fair What happened to the Accessible India campaign Just because Im a wheelchair user do I not have the right to get married to someone I love What if someone had slipped and what if I had fallen on my wedding day Who is responsible Virali Modi askedThe post which was shared many times went viral on social media platforms Later the post received a response from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who said he was sorry for what she had to face and assured her to take corrective and appropriate actionThe state revenue department in the GR said Ghodekar as a government officer insisted that the disabled person come to the second floor to collect her and the grooms fingerprints and photos on the computerThere are provisions in the Special Marriage Act 1954 where the marriage officer needs to go to the wedding location at a reasonable distance from the marriage registration office The government officers have to respond and provide service to the weaker sections the GR saidPeople close to Virali Modi and her fiance Kshitij Nayak telephoned Ghodekar requesting him to come downstairs to complete the marriage registration procedure But Ghodekar insisted that they come to the second floor of the building which had no lift For violating the service rules and indecent behaviour Arun Ghodekar will remain suspended till further order it addedVirali Modi in her post on X said I am disabled and I got married at the Registrars Office at Khar Mumbai on 161023 The office was on the 2nd floor WITHOUT a lift They wouldnt come downstairs for the signatures and I had to be carried up two flights of stairs to get marriedI am disheartened that my countrys government and citizens cannot accommodate to my disability My faith in humanity has been destroyed by this ordeal I am not a piece of luggage that needs to be carried up two floors I am a human being and my rights matter she added on an anguished notewith inputs from PTI