Chandigarh, Aug. 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that the income criterion set by the Chandigarh administration for economically weaker sections (EWS) seeking admission to the group home facility for persons with mental and intellectual disabilities "appears unreasonable".

These observations from the high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry came during a hearing in a public interest litigation (PIL), in which various conditions set by the administration for admission to the group home in Sector 31 were challenged in April this year.

During the hearing, the counsel for the petitioner had informed that under the EWS quota, where 25% of the twin-sharing rooms are reserved, the annual income fixe...