Verification of Caste Certificate by Scrutiny Committee

Verification of Caste Certificate by Scrutiny Committee.—

1. (1) After obtaining the Caste Certificate from the Competent Authority, any person desirous of availing of the benefits or concessions provided to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes Category for the purpose specified in section 3, shall make an application, within a period of three months from the date of issuance of such Caste Certificate in such form and in such manner as prescribed, to the concerned Scrutiny Committee for the verification of such Caste Certificate and to issue a validity certificate: Provided that where no application is made under sub-section
2. (1) within a period of 3 months from the date of issuance of the Caste Certificate, the Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority shall lapse: Provided further that such lapse shall not prevent the applicant from re-applying for a Caste Certificate before the Competent Authority under sub-section
3. (1) of section 4.
4. (2) In case on the basis of a Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority, any person is selected for an appointment with the Government, local authority, public sector undertakings or admitted to an educational institutions, or appointed in a co-operative societys or any other Government aided institutions, or secured an elective office either in the local authority or State Legislature or Parliament, but has not obtained validity certificate from the Scrutiny Committee, the appointing authority of the Central or State Government, local authority, public sector undertakings, educational institutions, Co-operative Societies or any such other authority, as the case may be, shall direct the persons so concerned to get his Caste Certificate verified by the Scrutiny Committee and obtain the validity certificate from the Scrutiny Committee within a period of 6 months, by making an application in such form and in such manner as prescribed: Provided, that where such persons fails to procure the validity certificate within the said period, save as otherwise for any delay on part of the Scrutiny Committee, he shall cease to be entitled to continue with the appointment or admission or like benefit which are provisioned for the Schedule Tribes, Schedule Castes or Other Backward Classes Category.
5. (3) The Scrutiny Committee shall upon receipt of application under sub-section
6. (1) and
7. (2) shall seek a report from the Vigilance Cell and follow such procedure for verification of the Caste Certificate and adhere to such time limit for verification and grant of validity certificate, as prescribed.