Compilation of information about appointments made on the basis of fake/ false caste certificates and follow up action taken thereon

Compilation of information about appointments made on the basis of fake/ false caste certificates and follow up action taken thereon

No.36027/1/2017-Estt. (Res) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 

Department of Personnel and Training 

Establishment (Res-I) Section

North Block, New Delhi 

Dated June 1, 2017 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

This Department have been 3 receiving references from various Ministries/ Departments regarding appointments made on the basis of fake/ false caste certificates despite the instructions contained in the Department’s OM. No. 11012/1/91-Estt.(A) dated 19.05.1993, which have been re-iterated vide OM. No. 3601 1/1/2012 Estt.(Res.) dated 10.01.2013. The instructions provide that if it is found that a Government servant had furnished false information or produced a false certificate in order to secure appointment, he should not be retained in service. Thus when an appointing authority comes to know that an employee had submitted a false/ fake caste certificate, it has to initiate action to remove or dismiss such an employee from service as per the provisions  of relevant Service Rules. 

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2. It has been decided to collect information from all the Ministries /Departments about appointments made on the basis of fake/ false caste certificates and follow up action taken thereon. Therefore, all the Ministries /Departments are requested to collect information from all Organisations under their administrative control about the cases where the candidates got/ alleged to have got appointment against vacancies reserved for Scheduled Cates, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes on the basis of false/ fake caste certificate and send a consolidated report in this regard in the enclosed Proforma to this Department by 15.07.2017 positively. 

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(Raju Saraswat)

Under Secretary to the Government of India