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Frequent asked questions (FAQs) on the issue of residence/domicile and caste/tribe
certificates.

Q.1. What is the purpose of issuance of Residence/domicile certificate to the students
belonging to SC/ST and other than SC/ST while they are studying in Class V/VIII?

Answer: The residence/domicile certificate is to be issued by the concerned authority of State
Government/Union Territory to certify that the person bearing the certificate is a
domicile/resident of State/Union Territory to whom the certificate being issued. Such
certificate is issued as proof of residence to avail domicile/resident quota in educational
institutions and in the State/Central Government services and also in the case of jobs where
preference to local candidates is available as per Government of India instructions issued from
time to time.

Q.2. Who will be eligible to be issued the Residence/Domicile as well as Caste/Tribe
certificates?

Answer: SC/ST students will be eligible to be issued the Domicile certificate and also
Caste/Tribe Certificate, as the case may be.

Other students will be eligible to be issued only the Residence/Domicile certificate.

Q.3. What is the objective behind issuance of residence/domicile certificates and
caste/Tribe certificates at School level?

Answer: In order to avoid difficulties faced by the SC/ST students, it has been proposed that
"Caste or Tribe Certificate" and also the Domicile certificate may be issued to SC/ST students
and only a Residence Certificate may be issued to other than SC/ST students all over the
country, while studying in Class V or Class VIII, as an annual exercise. The State Government
can choose either Class V or Class VIII to issue this certificate. Once Class V or VIII is chosen, the
endeavour should be to issue it to all the students studying in that particular class.

Q.4. Who will assist the students in getting the necessary documents/papers filled as an
annual exercise for issue of Residence and also Caste/Tribe certificate?

Answer: The Head Master/Principal of the School in which the students are studying would
get the necessary documents/papers filled up from the students studying in Class V/VIII as an
annual exercise for issue of Resident and also Caste/Tribe Certificate.

The School Head Master/Principal will get the documents collected from all the SC and
ST students and also other than SC/ST students and arrange to submit them to the relevant
State Government authority/revenue authorities for making the requisite certificate.

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