(1) Application for issuance of Caste Certificate may be made to the Competent Authority by any person belonging to reserved category in Form A.
(2) The application must be duly signed by the applicant or his parents or legal guardian in case the applicant is a minor and be accompanied by self-attested copy of one or more of the following documents, as may be required, in support of the claim, namely:-
(a) Copy of the finally published Settlement Record of Rights or Consolidation Record of Rights of the lands preferably of the homestead land or any old Record of Rights issued prior to the year 1950 standing in names of grandparents -or parents of the. applicant specifying the name of the community therein;
(b) Land Pass-Book issued in favour of parents or grandparents of siblings.
(3) In addition to the documents mentioned in sub-rule (2), the application shall also accompany the following documentS, namely
(a) Income Certificate and Resident Certificate issued by the competent authority;
(b) Two recent Passport Size colour photographs;
(c) Any document in support of the- claim such as copy of Caste Certificates, if any, issued to his parents or siblings or paternal kins;
(d) Self-declaration by applicant or his or her parent or parents regarding his caste, subcaste and religion duly countersigned by the Sarpanchas, Members of the Panchayat Samitis, Chairpersons of Panchayat Samitis or Local Bodies, District Welfare Officers, Additional District Welfare Officers or the Head of the Educational Institution, in case the applicant is a bona fide student of the concerned Institution;
(e) Voter Identity Card orAadhaar number or Driving License or PAN Card or first page of Bank Pass Book having identity details or Birth Certificate from a competent authority.
(4) The applicant may apply for Caste Certificate even without any documentary proof in support of the claim if such documents are not available with the applicant and no application shall be rejected merely on the ground of non-availability of the supporting documents.
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(5) On receipt of the application, the CompetentAuthority shall provide an acknowledgement of receipt with a number and date to the applicant which shall be used as reference number for all future purposes. -
(6) The applicant may also make application through online web portal notified by Government, from time to time, by paying the prescribed user charges and in case of an application made online, the applicant shall get a system generated acknowledgement with a receipt number.