Section 8: Nationality

β8. Nationality:- A candidate for appointment to the service must be: (a) citizen of India, or (b) subject of Nepal, or (c) subject of Bhutan, or Explanation: For the purpose of this rule 'Economically Weaker Sections' shall be the persons who are bonafide resident of Rajasthan and not covered under the existing scheme of reservations for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the Backward Classes, the More Backward Classes and whose family has gross annual income below rupees 8.00 lakh. Family for this purpose will include the person who seeks benefit of reservation, his/her parents and siblings below the age of 18 years as also his/her spouse and children below the age of 18 years. The income shall include income from all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business, profession etc. and it will be income for the financial year prior to the year of application. Also persons whose family owns or possesses any of the following assets shall be excluded from being identified as, 'Economically Weaker Sections', irrespective of the family income:- (i) 5 acres of Agricultural Land and above; (ii) Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above; (iii) Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities; or (iv) Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities.” vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/2019, dated 20.10.2019. + Added vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/2019, dated 19.02.2019. β Substituted for 1 “8. Nationality:- A candidate for appointment to be Service Must be :- (a) a citizen of India, or (b) a subject of Sikkim, or (c) a subject of Nepal, or (d) a subject of Bhutan, or (e) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the lat January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (f) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan Burma, Ceylon, and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zenzibar) with the intention of permanently settling in India : Provided that a candidate Belonging to categories (c), (d), (e) & (f) shall be person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the Government of India and if he belongs to category (f) the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of one year, after which such a candidate will be retained in service subject to his having acquired Indian citizenship. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an Examination or interview conducted by the Commission or other recruiting authority as the case may be, and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Government.” vide Notification No. F. 7(4)DOP/A/II/76, dated 07.09.1976. 1 Substituted for "8. Nationality :- Subject to the provisions contained in these Rules, a candidate for appointment to the Service must be :- (a) a citizen of India, or (b) a subject of Sikkim, or (c) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan with the intention of permanently settling in India, and who holds in his favour a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India, or (d) a subject of Nepal or a Tibetian who came over to India before the Ist day of January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, and who holds a certificate of eligibility in his favour issued by the Government of India. Explanation:- (i) In the case of a candidate belonging to the category referred to in clause (c), the certificate of eligibility will be deemed to be valid only for a period of one year from the date of his appointment beyond which he can be retained in Service only if he has before the expiry of said period become a citizen of India. (d) Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar) “Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia” and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India: Provided that candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the @ “Government in the Department of Home Affairs and Justice after proper verification”; “deleted” +8A. &“Conditions of eligibility of persons migrated from other countries to India”:- Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules provisions regarding eligibility for recruitment to the Service with regard to Nationality, age limit and fee or other concessions to a person who may migrate from other countries to India with the intention of permanently settling in India shall be regulated by such orders or instructions as may be issued by the State Government from time to time and the same shall be regulated mutatis mutandis according to the instructions issued on the subject by the Government of India.