Section 13: Authority competent to issue certificates.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 14 of 2004
The Government may, by notification in the [Official Gazette], invest any revenue officer, not below the rank of Tehsildar, with powers to issue certificates in favour of members of the reserved categories :
Provided that in respect of remote and inaccessible areas, the Government may invest any officer of the Revenue Department, not below the rank of NaibTehsildar, with such powers.