India - Apply for Caste Validity Certificate

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Procedure

A Caste Validity certificate is a proof that your caste certificate is not dubious or inaccurate.
Apply In-Person

1. In order to obtain caste validity certificate, applicant shall go to the respective Thasil / Revenue / Block Office OR the respective office of “department of welfare for backward classes as applicable.
2. Application form can be obtained from the office while applicant visits. OR Applicant shall write an application on a A4 paper.
3. Submit the completed application form along with required documents to the respective authority.
4. Authorities after checking the attached documents and details submitted, will process for issuing the certificate.
5. Duly stamped, signed Certificate will be issued as per notified period.

Note:

• In some states applicant shall approach over the counter services like CSC centres/e-seva etc to apply.
• In some states applicant shall apply using the respective state department online portal.
• Find the contact details and application form from the respective state portal procedures by using the link provided under respective states below.

Please select the state name for respective State Procedure.
Assam – Bihar – Chandigarh – Chhattisgarh – Daman and Diu – Goa - Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu and Kashmir – Jharkhand – Lakshadweep – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – New Delhi – Odisha – Puducherry – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tripura– Uttarakhand

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Required Documents

• Application form:
• Self declaration from the applicant.
• Aadhar card
• Caste certificate
• Self declaration (as applicable)
• Father's caste certificate. (If not available then provide ‘no caste certificate’ on bond paper as advised)
• Caste validity certificate of relatives. ( if already caste certificate verified is available.)
• 1950′s proofs of caste for SC/NT,1953′s proofs of caste for ST/NT[A/B/C/D],1967′s proofs for OBC/SBC/EBC.(if available from ancestors)

  Note:

• All original and copy of original with self attestation as advised by respective authorities to be submitted as per requirement.
• Apart from the above documents authorities may ask to submit additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing.

Office Locations & Contacts

Department of AR & PG,
Sardar Patel Bhawan,
Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110 001.
Phone: (011) 23360208
Fax: 011-23360352
Link for Contacts: Link for details

Eligibility

• Applicant should have a valid caste certificate.
• Applicant must be an Indian citizen.
• Applicant must be residing in the state.

Fees

• Please pay as authorities quote while applying.
• For online, please pay as per prompt while processing (if applicable).

Validity

• Usually caste certificate is valid for entire life
• Validity certificate will be valid for the mentioned period of time on the certificate

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Processing Time

• Usually it’s a one day process.
• If in case of any delay in issuance, applicant will get the certificate as per notified period.

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Instructions

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

1. Name of the Applicant
2. Father/Husbands Name
3. Sex (M/F)
4. Residential Address
5. School Leaving Certificate / Transfer Certificate(Copy to be enclosed)
6. Details of Community Certificate of Parents
7. Details of School Certificates of Parents
8. Date of application

Need for the Document

• Community Certificate is also known as caste certificate. Community certificate is a legal proof of community that the person to whom it is being issued belongs to reserved community like scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and other backward classes.
• Caste certificate is an important certificate to avail certain benefits provided by Government for the socially backward communities in education and employment opportunities for their betterment.
• Students especially require the caste certificates to secure their seat in institution and validity certificate will be required to prove the authenticity.
• This is valid for securing admission in all Educational Institutions and other professional institutions and also for employment.

Information which might help

• An individual cannot change his / her caste once he/she issued the caste certificate. However, while converting into another religion, the class may change necessitating a new caste/community certificate.

NOTE : It is a punishable offense to try with fraudulent documents to get a community certificate

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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