Reservation to EWS: Format for Income & Asset Certificate issuing authority and verification of certificate

Reservation to EWS: Format for Income & Asset Certificate issuing authority and verification of certificate

(GoI, MoP,PG&P, DoPT OM No.36039/1/2019-Estt (Res) dated 31.01.2019)

Subject: Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) in direct recruitment in civil posts and services in the Government of India.

5. INCOME AND ASSET CERTIFICATE ISSUING AUTHORITY AND VERIFICATION OF CERTIFICATE

5.1 The benefit of reservation under EWS can be availed upon production of an Income and Asset Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. The Income and Asset Certificate issued by any one of the following authorities in the prescribed format as given in Annexure-I shall only be accepted as proof of candidate's claim as belonging to EWS:-

(i) District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/1s* Class Stipendary Magistrate/Sub-Divisional Magistrate/Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner.

(ii) Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/Presidency Magistrate.

(iii) “Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar and ,

(iv) Sub-Divisional Officer or the area where the candidate and/or his family normally resides.

5.2 The Officer who issues the certificate would do the same after carefully verifying all relevant documents following due process as prescribed by the respective State/UT.

5.3 The crucial date for submitting income and asset certificate by the candidate may be treated as the closing date for receipt of application for the post, except in cases where crucial date is fixed otherwise.

5.4 The appointing authorities should, in the offer of appointment to the candidates claiming to be belonging to EWS, include the following clause :-

“The appointment is provisional and is subject to the Income and asset certificate being verified through the proper channels and if the verification reveals that the claim to belong to EWS is fake/false the services will be terminated forthwith without assigning any further reasons and without prejudice to such further action as may be taken under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code for production of fake/false certificate.”

The appointing authority should verify the veracity of the Income and asset certificate submitted by the candidate through the certificate issuing authority.

5.5 Instructions referred to above should be strictly followed so that it may not be possible for an unscrupulous person to secure employment on the basis of a false claim and if any person gets an appointment on the basis of such false claim, her/his services shall be terminated invoking the conditions contained in the offer of appointment.

Annexure -1

Government of .............

(Name & Address of the authority issuing the certificate)

INCOME & ASSEST CERTIFICATE TO BE PRODUCED BY ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTIONS.

Certificate No......................................................

Date:...............................

VALID FOR THE YEAR................................

This is to certify that Shri/Smt./Kumari....................................................................son/daughter/wife of..................................................................................permanent resident of ....................Village/Street .............................Post Office............................................ District................................in the State/ Union Territory............................ Pin Code............................whose photograph is attested below belongs to Economically Weaker Sections, since the gross annual income* of his/her ‘family"** is below Rs. 8 lakh (Rupees Eight Lakh only) for the financial year . His/her family does not own or possess any of the following assets***
I. 5 acres of agricultural land and above;

II. Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above;
Ill. | Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities;
IV. Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities.

2. Shri/Smt/Kumari......................................................................belongs to the.....................caste which is not recognized as a Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes (Central List)

Signature with seal of Office...........................................

Name.....................................................................

Designation....................................................

Recent Passport size attested photograph of the applicant

Note 1: Income covered all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business, profession, etc.

**Note 2:The term “Family” for this purpose 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

***Note 3: The property held by a “Family” in different locations or different places/cities have been clubbed while applying the land or property holding test to determine EWS status.