The Supreme Court Friday allowed persons with disabilities to apply for Indian Police Service (IPS), DANIPS and Indian Railway Protection Force Services (IRPFS) provisionally as their preferences in the civil services and asked them to submit application forms in this regard to the UPSC by April 1.

The apex court passed the order while hearing a plea which has challenged the Centre's August 18, 2021 notification saying it has granted a "blanket exemption" to all categories of posts under the IPS, Delhi, Daman and Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Police Service (DANIPS) and IRPFS from the purview of reservation required to be provided thereunder.