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The Allahabad HC ruled that accessibility to common facilities in residential complexes is a fundamental right for persons with disabilities. It directed Uttar Pradesh authorities to ensure compliance with accessibility norms during building approvals. The court upheld a disabled resident’s complaint, stressing inclusive housing and equal access to amenities like parking, lifts, and public spaces.

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has directed authorities in Uttar Pradesh to ensure adequate parking spaces and access to common facilities, including lifts, pavements, playgrounds, community centres, and gyms, for persons with disabilities in residential complexes.

A division bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Siddharth Nandan said accessibility to such facilities is a fundamental right of persons with disabilities.

“It is a fundamental right of a person with disability to have the right to accessibility for facilities which are common in a building or structure,” the court said.

The bench also directed the state government to ensure mandatory compliance with the Accessibility Rules at the stage of granting permission to construct buildings and before issuing completion certificates.