If you belong to the SC, ST, or BC
community in Andhra Pradesh, the Permanent and Integrated Community, Nativity
and Date of Birth Certificate is one of the most important documents you'll
ever need — for school admissions, scholarships, government jobs, and
reservation benefits. In this post, let's break down everything you need to
know about this certificate, from the rules that govern it to how it's issued
and verified.
CERTIFICATES OF PERMANENT AND INTEGRATED
COMMUNITY
NATIVITY AND DATE OF BIRTH
In
their G.O.No. 272 Revenue (Ser. III) Department, dt. 14-3-96, Government have
issued orders introducing the system of issuance of Permanent and Integrated
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate to SCs, STs and BCs in the
Form prescribed (i.e.,) in Form-III by the Competent Authorities viz., Dist.
Collector, Revenue Divisional Officer / Mandal Revenue Officer as the case may
be from the academic Year 1996-97. The printed forms of Permanent and Integrated
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates and the Registers to be
maintained by the village Administrative Officers and Mandal Revenue Officers
were already supplied to the Mandal Revenue Officers and Revenue Divisional
Officers in the District.
An
Act (Act. No. 16 of 1993) to Regulate the issue of Community Certificate
relating to the persons belonging to the SCs, STs and matters connected there
with or incidental there to was passed and the same was come in to force w.e.f.
15-5-97.
Government
have also framed the Rules vide G.O.Ms.No. 58 SW(J) Department dt. 12-5-97
viz., the A.P. (SCs, STs and BCs) issue of Community, Nativity and Date of
Birth Certificate Rules, 1997 regulating the procedure of issuance of
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate to the SCs, STs and BCs and
also for verification of social status claims of the individuals. These rules
came into force with effect from 16-5-1997.
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES:
Government
have notified the authorities in Column(2) of the Annexure-I of the Rules
within their territorial jurisdiction as "Competent Authorities" for
issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate declaring the
persons as belonging either to SCs and STs and as per notification of the
Government of India and to BCs in accordance with the notification of the
Government of Andhra Pradesh, issued from time to time.
FORMAT OF APPLICATION:
Application
for issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate for STs shall be
in Form-I and in respect of SCs and BCs in Form-II of the Rules.
NOTICE FOR VERIFICATION AND ENQUIRY
BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY:
Notice
to the applicant for verification shall be issued in Form-IV of the Rules by
the Competent Authority (i.e.,) Mandal Revenue Officer/ Revenue Divisional
Officer and Collector as the case may be.
VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE:
The
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate issued by the Competent
Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Rules, shall be a
permanent one as per Rule 16 of the Rules, 1997.
PROCEDURE FOR VERIFICATION AND ISSUE
OF COMMUNITY, NATIVITY AND DATE OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES BY THE COMPETENT
AUTHORITIES:
The Salient points of procedure
envisaged in the Rules of verification and issue of Community, Nativity and
Date of Birth Certificate to the applicants are as follow:
- Application
for issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate shall be
submitted in the prescribed Form-I/II to the MRO/RDO (Competent Authority)
as the case may be well in advance (i.e.) six months, as far as possible
particularly for seeking admission to the educational institution or
appointment to a post as per Rule 4(a).
- In
case of minor, the Parent/Guardian shall submit application form as
mentioned above as per Rule 4(b).
- After
ensuring that the application is in order, the Competent Authority shall
give the acknowledgement slip appended to Form-I/II to the applicant as
per Rule 5(a).
- Community,
Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates shall be issued in Form-III within
30 days of the receipt of the applications in Form I/II by the Mandal
Revenue Officer/R.D.O, if he is satisfied with the correctness of the
information/documents/evidence furnished by the applicant as per Rule
5(a).
- If
the MRO/RDO feels that further enquiries are necessary, he shall conduct
such enquiry after issuing notice in Form-IV to the Parent/
Guardian/Applicant and examine following persons and records as per Rule
5(b).
a) School Records
b) Birth Registration Certificate,
if any.
c) In the case of tribals their
Anthropological and ethrological Traits, deity, rituals, customs, mode of
marriage, death ceremonies/method of burial of dead-bodies etc.,
d) Examination of Parent/Guardian or
Applicant in relation to their community.
e) The notice in Form-IV should be
given clear interval 15 days, from the date of the receipt of the notice by the
Parent/Applicant/Guardian to attend the enquiry.
f) If the person who received notice
fails to respond on the date of enquiry fixed, the MRO/RDO may reject or
confirm the claim of the person based on the document/evidence available with
the MRO/RDO as per Rule 5(d).
g) MRO/RDO should give reasonable
opportunity to the Applicant/Parent/Guardian to produce evidence in support of
their claim as per Rule 5(e).
h) A Public notice by beat of drum
or any other convenience may have to be published in the village or locality of
the Applicant/Parent/Guardian and the objections if any received from any
person or association may have to be considered by the MRO/ RDO as per Rule
5(e).
i) The MRO/RDO shall refer the cases
of doubtful claims to the Joint Collector & Chairman of the Scrutiny
Committee formed at the District level u/r 8 of the recommendations of the
Committee with regard to the issue of the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth
Certificates as applied for by the applicants. On receipt of recommendations of
the Scrutiny Committee, the MRO/RDO shall accordingly confirm or reject the
claims of the applicants.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF SCRUTINY
COMMITTEE AT DISTRICT LEVEL:
The
powers and functions of scrutiny Committee in respect of cases of doubtful
claims are enumerated under Rule 8(d) (1) to (7) and 8(e) of the Rules, 1997.
The cases of fraudulent claims shall be disposed off as per the procedure laid
down under Rule 9(1) to (7) of the Rules, 1997. Complaints are to be dealt with
Rule 10 of the Rules.
As
per Rule 19, if the last date for admission to an Educational Institution or
appointment to an officer/post is getting expired, and there is delay in
finalising the enquiry and issuing of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth
Certificate by the MRO/RDO, then the MRO/RDO may have to be informed to the
concerned to admit/appoint the candidate on the basis of declaration given by
the Candidate/Parent/Guardian before the MRO/RDO, while applying in Form-I/II
as per Rule 5 for the issuance of the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth
Certificate. Such admission or appointment shall only be provisional and valid
for three months from the date of the communication by the MRO/RDO to the concerned
and shall cease to be valid after issuance of the Community, Nativity and Date
of Birth Certificate by the MRO/RDO.
G.O.Ms.No.91 Social Welfare (C1)
Department, Dated 23-12-2004:
(Cancellation of A,B,C,D. Categorisation in Scheduled Castes)
The A.P. Scheduled Castes
(Rationalisation of Reservations) Act, 2000 (Act 20 of 2000) has been enacted
to provide Rationalisation of Reservations to Scheduled Castes in the State of
A.P. In pursuance of the aforesaid Act, the A.P. Scheduled Castes
(Rationalisation of Reservations) Rules, 2002, have been in G.O.Ms.No.47 S.W.
(C1) Dept., Dated 31-5-2000. The Government have cancelled the Rules issued in
G.O.Ms.No.47 S.W. (C1) Dept., Dated 31-5-2005.
G.O.Ms.No.5 Social Welfare (SW ROR1)
Department, Dated 14-2-2003:
(Govt. policy of Providing Rule of Reservation in promotions to SCs/STs)
The
Government have implemented Rule of Reservation in promotions to ensure
adequate representation of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees
i.e., 15% AND 6% respectively in all categories of posts in all departments.
AUTHORITY FOR CANCELLATION OF
FALSE/BOGUS COMMUNITY CERTIFICATE:
U/s
5 of the Act read with Rule 9(9) of the Rules, the Collector is competent to
cancel the false/bogus community certificate except in respect of Bariki(SC)
Community certificate after following due procedure envisaged in the Act. and
Rules. In respect of false/bogus Bariki S.C. Community, Government are
competent to cancel such certificate.
APPEALS:
Under
Rule 10 of the Rules, 1997 an appeal shall lie to the District Collector within
thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of rejection orders on the
application for Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate passed by the
Competent Authority. In case of Bariki Caste, the appeal shall lie to the
Government against the orders of the District Collector.
REVIEW AGAINST THE CANCELLATION
ORDERS PASSED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR U/S 5(1) OF THE ACT 16 OF 1993:
Review
u/r 10 of the Rules shall be taken up by the Government on an application filed
by any person aggrieved by an order passed by the District Collector U/s 5(1)
of the Act, within 30 (thirty) days of receipt of that order, if it was passed
by the District Collector under any mistake, whether of fact or law or
ignorance of any material fact.
REVISION :
U/r
12 of the Rules, 1997, Government shall entertain Revision either suo-moto or
on an application filed by any person aggrieved by the orders issued by the
Authority authorised under Rules, 1997 as a Revision Petition, within 60 days
of the communication of the order passed under these Rules and pass appropriate
orders in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 8 of the Act 16
of 1993.
BAR OF JURISDICTION OF CIVIL COURTS:
As
per Rule 13 of the Rules, no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of
any order passed by any Officer or authority under the Act and no stay or
injunction shall be granted by a court in respect of any action taken or to be
taken by such Officer or authority under the Act in pursuance of any power
conferred by or under the Act as provided in Section 17 of the Act.
Extension of benefits of the
Children born of Inter - Caste Marriages:
Government
sanctioned incentives and non-Statutory educational concessions like
Scholarships, Hostel facilities, fee concessions etc., to the Children born of
inter-caste marriages on the basis of the caste of either of the parent which
is beneficial to the child [G.O.Ms.No.371 EMP & SW B2/Dept. dated 13-4-76].
Status of Children born to the
Inter-caste married couple one of whom belongs to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled
Tribe.
The
crucial test to determine the caste of a child born out of wedlock in which one
of the spouse belongs to SC/ST community as a member of their community and has
been brought up in that surroundings and the community of class/Caste is a real
test irrespective of the fact whether the accommodating Class Caste or
Community is SC/ST or Caste Hindu community. Even if a mother of the child is a
SC/ST community member, it is possible that the child is accepted by the
community of his father and brought up in the surroundings of his father's
relations. In that case such child cannot be treated as a member of SC/ST
community. Similarly when the mother belongs to higher caste and the father is
a member of SC/ST community member. In the alternative, where the child,
irrespective of the fact whether the mother or father is a member of SC/ ST, is
brought up in the SC/ST community as a member of such community then he has to
be treated as a member of SC/ST community and would be entitled to receive
benefits as such.
[Guide-lines issued by the government of India, Ministry of Home affairs ND in its letter No.39/37/73/SCT I, dated 4-3-1975].
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