A. Caste Certificate in respect of SC/ST/OBC candidates is to be obtained from the following Authorities:
- District Magistrate/ Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/ Deputy Collector/ First Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ SubDivisional Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner (Not below the rank of First Class Stipendiary Magistrate).
- Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate.
- Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar.
- Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/ or his family normally resides.
- In so far as the Scheduled Tribes community of Tamil Nadu is concerned, the Certificate given by the Revenue Divisional Officer instead of Tehsildar would only be accepted.
Note:
Caste validity certificate in original, from the appropriate authorities of the state/ union territory from which the caste certificate was issued along with self-attested Photostat copy, is to be submitted at the time of Regional Language Test.
B. Candidates seeking reservation as OBC are required to submit a certificate regarding his/ her "OBC Status & Non-Creamy Layer Status" issued by an authority mentioned in DOPT OM No. 36012/22/93-Estt. (SCT) dated 15/11/1993, (amended vide OM No. 36033/1/2013-EstQRes.) dated 13/09/20 17}.
Such candidates should also submit a declaration in addition to the certificate issued by the Competent Authority in the following format:
"I, _________ son/ daughter of Shri resident of Village/ town/ city _________ District State ________ hereby declare that I belong to the __________ community which is recognised as a backward class by the Government of India for the purpose of reservation in services as per rules contained in Department of Personnel and Training Office Memorandum NO.36012/22/93-Estt. (SCT) dated 08/09/1993, "(Amended vide OM No. 36033/1/2013-Estt.(Res.) dated 13/09/2017}."
Certificate should contain the "Non-Creamy Layer Clause" based on the Income for the financial year 31/03/2018.
C. For Persons with Disabilities: Authorised certifying authority will be as per "The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016",
Please refer the below-given tables for the prescribed formats of (SC, ST, OBC, PWD, Ex-Servicemen) certificates to be submitted at the time of Regional Language Test. Candidates belonging to these categories are required to produce the certificates strictly in these formats only.