Benefits secured on the basis of false Caste Certificate to be withdrawn

Benefits secured on the basis of false Caste Certificate to be withdrawn.—

1. (1) Whoever not being a persons belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes Category secures admission in any educational institution against a seat reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes or secures any appointment in the Government, local authority or in any other Company or Corporation owned or controlled by the Government, or secures an elective office in a local authority, State Legislature or Parliament, or in any Government aided institution or Co-operative Society against a post reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes by producing a false Caste Certificate shall, on cancellation of the Caste Certificate by the Scrutiny Committee, be liable to be debarred from the concerned educational institution, or as the case may be, discharged from the said employment or holding of elective office forthwith and any other benefits enjoyed or derived by virtue of such admission or appointment or election by such person as aforesaid shall be withdrawn forthwith.
2. (2) Any amount paid to such persons by the Government or any other agency by way of scholarship, grant, allowance or other financial benefit shall be recovered from such person as an arrears of land revenue.
3. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any Degree, Diploma or any other educational qualification acquired by such persons after securing admission in any educational institution on the basis of a Caste Certificate which is subsequently proved to be false shall also stand cancelled, on cancellation of such Caste Certificate by the Scrutiny Committee.
4. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, a person shall be disqualified from being a member of statutory body, Local Authority, State Legislature or the Parliament, if he has contested the election for such local authority, State Legislature, Parliament, Co-operative Society or any statutory body on the seat reserved for any of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes Category, by procuring and producing a false Caste Certificate as belonging to such Caste, Tribe or Class, upon such false Caste Certificate being cancelled by the Scrutiny Committee, and any benefits obtained by such person shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue and the election of such person shall be deemed to have been terminated retrospectively.