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Q.13. What are the points/facts/factors taken into account by the competent authority
while issuing residence/ domicile and caste/Tribe certificates?

Answer: The certificate issuing authority should verify and ensure that:

(i) the caste or the tribe to which the candidate claims to belong to is included in the
Presidential Orders issued from time to time under Articles 341 and 342 of the
Constitution;
(ii) the candidate belongs to the said caste/tribe;
(iii) the candidate ordinarily resides in the concerned State or part of that State etc.

(The term 'ordinarily resides' has the same meaning as in section 20 of the Representation of
Peoples Act 1950).

Q.14. What is the procedure adopted for verification of antecedents and claims of the
applicants before issue of such certificates and how the place of permanent abode of the
applicant is ascertained?

Answer: States/UTs have their own procedure for verification of antecedents and claims of the
applicants to belong to a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe including ascertainment of the
permanent residence of the candidates.

Q.15. What are the guidelines that have been issued to the appointing authorities in
regard to scrutiny and verification of caste certificates of candidates at the time of their
entry into Government service?

Answer: The Government of India has issued instructions regarding scrutiny and verification
of the caste certificates of the candidates at the time of initial appointment and promotion
against reserved vacancies. This Department re-iterated the instructions vide O.M.
No.36011/3/2005-Estt. (Res.) dated 9th September 2005.

These guidelines would ensure that the benefit of reservation goes to genuine
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates only and reserved vacancies are not occupied by
unscrupulous non-SC/ST candidates.

Q.16. Whether the Government contemplates to draw a permanent mechanism to look
into the anomalies that have crept into the whole procedure of issuance, verification and
cancellation of SC/ST certificates and also for initiating disciplinary and penal action
against holders/producers of the false caste certificates?

Answer: The caste certificates are issued, verified and cancelled by the authorities of the
respective State Governments. Each State Government has its own system/procedure in this
regard. However, if it is found that a Government servant had produced a false caste certificate
in order to secure appointment, action against him/her is required to be taken as per

instructions contained in the Department of Personnel & Training's O.M.No.11012/7/91-
Estt.(A) dated 19-5-93 which provides that wherever it is found that a Government servant,

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