ANNEXURE II

SCHEDULED CASTE / TRIBE CERTIFICATE

Form of certificate to be produced by a candidate belonging to SC or ST in support of his/her claim
FORM OF CASTE CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Shri/Smt/Kumari............................................................ Date of birth ...........................
son/daughter
of..............................................................................
of
village town................................................................. in district/Division of State/Union
Territory...............................................belongs to the ..............caste/tribe which is recognized as SC/ST under The
Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950. The Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Union Territories Order, 1951. The
Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Union Territories Order. 1951, as amended by the SCs and STs List (Modification)
Order. 1950; the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960; the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966; the state of HP Act, 1970;
the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 and the SCs and STs Order (Amendment) Act, 1976. The
Constitution (Jammu & Kashmir) SC Order, 1956. The Constitution (Andaman & Nicobar islands) SC Order 1959 as
amended by SCs and STs Order (Amendment) Act, 1976. The Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) SCs Order,
1962. The Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) STs Order, 1962. The Constitution (Pondicherry) SCs Order, 1964.
The Constitution Scheduled Tribes (Uttar Pradesh) Order. 1967. The Constitution (Goa, Daman & Diu) SCs Order,
1968. The Constitution (Nagaland) STs Order. 1970. The Constitution (Sikkim) SCs Order, 1968.
1.

Shri/Smt/Kumari................................................................and/or his/her family ordinarily reside(s) in village/

town........................... of district...............................of state/union territory of ..........................

2.

Applicable in the case of SC/ST persons who have migrated from State/Union Territory Administration to another
State/Union Territory. The certificate is issued on the basis of the SC/ST certificate to Shri/Smt.
.......................................... father/mother of Shri/Smt/Kumari................................................. of village/
town............................................... in district/division......................................................... of the state/union territory
........................................... who belongs to the .............................................. scheduled caste/scheduled tribe
in the state/union territory issued by the .......................................... (name of the prescribed authority) vide
their No ........... dated.............

Signature
Designation (with seal of office)
Place .................................(state/Union territory)
Date ..................
*Please delete the words which are not applicable. Please quote specific Presidential Order.

NOTE:
The term Ordinarily reside(s) used here has the same meaning as in Section 20 of the Representation of the
Peoples Act, 1950.
1.

2.
3.
4.
5.

List of authorities empowered to issue SC/ST certificates:

District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/Deputy Collector/Ist Class
Stipendary Magistrate/City Magistrate/Sub-divisional Magistrate/Taluka Magistrate/Executive Magistrate/Extra Assistant Commissioner
not below the rank of 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate.
Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/Presidency Magistrate
Revenue Officers, not below the rank of Tehsildar
Sub-divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family normally resides
Administrator/Secretary to Administrator/Development Officer (Lakshadweep Islands)

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For OBC Candidates

ANNEXURE III

Form of Certificate to be Produced by Other Backward Classes

Applying for Grant of SRF for Ph.D. Programme
This is to certify that Sh/Smt./Kumari ........................................................................................... son/ daughter
of Sh. ...................................................................... of Village ......................................................................................
..................................................................................... District/Division .....................................................................
in the ........................................................................................ State ...............................................................................
belongs to the ...................................................................... community which is recognized as a backward class
under the Government of India, Ministry of welfare Resolution No. 12011/68/93-BCC (C), dated 10th September,
1993 published in the Gazette of Indian Extraordinary part I Section I dated 13 th September, 1993.
Sh. ............................................................................................ and/or his family ordinarily reside(s) in the
.............................................................................. District/Division of the ....................................................state.
This is also to certify that, he/she does not belong to the persons/sections/ Creamy Layer) mentioned in
column 3 of the Schedule to the Government of India, Department of Personnel & Training O.M.Mo. 36012/22/93Estt. (SCT), dated 8-9-93.

District Magistrate,
Deputy Commissioner etc.
Dated

Seal

NB:

(a) The term ordinarily used here will have the same meaning as in Section 20 of the Representation of the
Peoples Act, 1950.
(b) Where the certificates are issued by Gazetted Officers of the Union Government or State Governments,
they should be in the same form but countersigned by the District magistrate or Deputy Commissioner
(Certificates issued by Gazetted officers and attested by District magistrate/ Deputy Commissioner are
not sufficient).

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