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Verify SC/ST certificates,

Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, Oct. 6: The Centre has asked the state government to
carefully scrutinise Scheduled Caste, Tribe and OBC certificates
submitted by people while securing jobs in government offices after
several cases of caste certificates being forged have been reported.
The letter, issued by Mr R Ramanujam, joint secretary of the ministry
of personnel, public grievances and pensions to the chief secretary,
said stern action would be taken against officers who do not verify
the caste status or issue false certificates.
A senior state government official said instructions had been sent to
all the district magistrates to ensure that SC/ST and OBC certificates
are carefully examined by the appointing authorities in the district.
He said during police verification of a candidate belonging to SC/ST
or OBC, the caste certificate is not examined by police. Only
certificates of the candidate's educational qualifications are
carefully examined. Police personnel also visit the educational
institution where the candidate had studied and his residence for
inquiry. On the basis of police verification, a provisional
appointment letter is issued and as there is delay in getting the
scrutiny report of the caste certificate, the candidate receives
confirmation in due course of time .
He said it had come to the notice of the administration that
particularly in Malda and Murshidabad a large number of teachers had
got jobs by submitting forged certificates. They had obtained the
certificate in collusion with unscrupulous employees.
It has now been decided that all certificates submitted by the SC/ST
and OBC candidates will be examined along with the certificates of
qualification and within a month, a report will be submitted to the
concerned department on the basis of which appointment letters will be
issued

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