Submission of Fake Caste Certificates
Information about appointments secured on the basis of fake/false caste certificates is not centrally maintained.
However, the Central Government had undertaken a 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 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 at the time of promotion.
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 the Minister of State for Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s
Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri
Rattan Lal Kataria in the Lok Sabha today.
Source: PIB News