The Telangana (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993
The Telangana (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993
This Act regulates the procedure for issuing, verifying, and canceling community certificates for individuals belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes in the State of Telangana. It applies to individuals seeking affirmative action benefits, including reserved admissions in educational institutions, government jobs, public funding, and political representation in local elections. To prevent fraud, the law places the burden of proof on the applicant, establishes severe criminal penalties including imprisonment for obtaining or issuing false certificates, and mandates the cancellation of improperly obtained benefits, academic qualifications, and job appointments. This legislation ensures that affirmative action benefits reach genuine beneficiaries.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Application of a community certificate.
- 4. Community certificate to be issued by competent authority.
- 5. Cancellation of false community certificate.
- 6. Burden of Proof.
- 7. Appeal and review.
- 8. Power of revision by Government.
- 9. Competent authority to exercise the powers of the Civil Court.
- 10. Penalties
- 11. Benefits secured on the basis of false community certificate to be withdrawn
- 12. Penalty for securing an appointment of election to political offices etc, on the basis of false community certificates
- 13. Penalty for issuing a false community certificate
- 14. Penalty for abetters
- 15. Offences to be tried summarily
- 16. Offences under the Act to be cognizable
- 17. Bar of Jurisdiction of Civil Court
- 18. Protection of acts done in good faith
- 19. Act to override other laws
- 20. Power to make rules
- 21. Transitional Provision
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