Appointment on Fake
Caste Certificates
Information about
appointments secured on the basis of fake/false caste certificates is not
centrally maintained.
However, the Central
Government had taken one time exercise to collect information about
appointments secured on the basis of fake/false caste certificates in the year
2010. As per information received from various Ministries/Departments etc.,
1832 appointments were allegedly secured on the basis of fake/false caste
certificates. Disciplinary proceedings had been instituted in all the cases. It
was reported that out of the above 1832 cases, 276 had been resulted in
suspension/removal etc., whereas 521 cases were entangled into litigations and
in remaining 1035 cases disciplinary proceedings were pending.
The Government
instructions provide that an appointing authority should verify the caste
status of SC/ST/OBC candidates at the time of initial appointment as well as
every important upturn of the employee’s career.
Chief Secretaries of
States/Union Territories have been requested to issue instructions to the
District Magistrates/District Collectors/Deputy Commissioners of the Districts
to the effect that when asked to verify the veracity etc. of caste
certificates, they should ensure at their own level that veracity of the
caste/community certificate referred to the district authorities is verified
and reported to the appointing authority within one month of receipt of request
from such authority. In order to rule out collusion between candidates holding
false/forged certificate and employees at the district level or sub-district
level, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against officers who default in
timely verification of caste status in such cases or issue false certificates.
This was stated by
Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in
written reply to a question by Shri Aayanur Manjunatha in the Rajya Sabha.
Action against Government Servants who get
appointment on the basis of false SC/ST/OBC certificates. Click Here to download the DoPT Memo.
http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/36011_1_2012-Estt-Res.pdf
