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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 7, Puducherry, dated 19th March 2025)

ORDER

The Department of Revenue and Disaster Management,

Government of Puducherry, is entrusted with the issuance of various

Certificates, viz., Caste/Community, Residence/Nativity, Income,

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Certificates, etc., to the Applicants

who require the same to avail various benefits from the Government,

including reservation in Educational Institutions and employment in

various Government Departments/Institutions and Public Sector

Undertakings.

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La Gazette de L' État de Poudouchéry

The Gazette of Puducherry

PART - II

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No. 32

Poudouchéry Mardi

Avril

2025

No.

Puducherry

Tuesday

8th

April

2025

(18 Chaitra 1947)

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2. The Caste Certificates for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes

are issued to the Applicants belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) or

Scheduled Tribes (STs) of Puducherry for determining their eligibility

for availing benefits of reservation in education and/or employment that

are extended by the Government of Puducherry to the people of the

Union territory of Puducherry who are ordinary residents of the Union

Territory. In all such cases, the ordinary residential status of the

Applicants as on the crucial date has to be verified so as to decide

whether the Applicant belongs to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) or

Scheduled Tribes (STs) of Puducherry as per the Presidential Order or

Notification. Accordingly, the crucial dates in respect of the Scheduled

Castes/Scheduled Tribes of the Union territory of Puducherry, being the

date of the Presidential Order or Notification, are as detailed below:

Sl.

Scheduled Castes or

Crucial date to decide

No.

Scheduled Tribes

the Scheduled Castes/

of Puducherry

Scheduled Tribes

of Puducherry

(1)

(2)

(3)

Scheduled Castes other than Puthirai

5th March, 1964

Vannan.

Scheduled Castes - Puthirai Vannan

17th December, 2002

Scheduled Tribes

22nd December, 2016

Accordingly, the Revenue Authorities shall ascertain that the Applicant

is/was an ordinary resident in the Union Territory on the crucial date

which requires the Applicant to furnish various documentary proofs and

if, the present place of ordinary residence and the place of ordinary

residence on the crucial date are falling in different Revenue Villages/

Taluks (within the jurisdiction of the Union territory of Puducherry),

it necessitates the field enquiry and report by the Revenue Officials of

the respective jurisdictions in which they have resided for determining

the ordinary residential status of the Applicant claiming to be belonging

to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes of Union territory of

Puducherry as on the crucial date while issuing such Certificate(s),

thereby causing considerable delay in the issuance of the Certificates.

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3. In order to streamline the process of issuance of the Scheduled

Castes/Scheduled Tribes Certificate and after careful examination of the

relevant facts and considering the necessity of curtailing the delay in

issuing the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Certificates, it has been

decided to introduce a modified system of issuance of Certificate in the

form of a Caste Certificate for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes of

Puducherry which is permanent for the lifetime of the Applicants.

Therefore, it is hereby ordered to issue Caste Certificate for Scheduled

Castes/Scheduled Tribes of Puducherry' with lifetime validity to the

eligible Applicants as detailed below with immediate effect:–

(i) The Caste Certificate shall be issued to the eligible Applicant

claiming the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes of Puducherry within

the jurisdiction of the Union territory of Puducherry, after one-time

verification and scrutiny by the Certificate issuing Authorities and

certification of the Applicant's Caste of Puducherry with a validity period

for his/her lifetime, unless he/she converts to other religion or

de-notification of such caste, race or tribes from the Schedule.

An Applicant is said to be belonging to the Scheduled Castes or

Scheduled Tribes in relation to the Union territory of Puducherry, if, he/she

or his/her forefather is/was an ordinary resident of the Union territory

of Puducherry as on the crucial/cut-off date applicable to his/her caste

or tribe as mentioned in the Table at paragraph (2).

(ii) The details of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in

relation to the Union territory of Puducherry to which the Applicant

belongs as mentioned in the 'Caste Certificate for Scheduled Castes or

Scheduled Tribes' issued by virtue of this Order shall be final and shall

not be subjected to any reenquiry, unless specifically Ordered by the

concerned jurisdictional Subdivisional Magistrate/District Magistrate/a

Court of Law. If, any Certificate is issued incorrectly or improperly with

mala fide intention, the official(s) responsible for its original issuance

alone shall be held accountable, and appropriate legal and /or

disciplinary action shall be taken against him/her/them.

(iii) No Permanent Certificate of Caste shall be issued to the

Applicant who is not an ordinary resident of the Union territory of

Puducherry, as on the crucial date, which is mentioned in paragraph (2)

applicable to his/her Caste/Tribe. Regarding the issue of Scheduled

Castes or Scheduled Tribes Certificate to the persons migrated from

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other States/Union Territories, the Tahsildar/Deputy Tahsildar-cum-

Executive Magistrate of the Taluks/Sub-Taluks of Puducherry, as the

case may be, shall continue to issue the Scheduled Castes/Tribes

Certificate as per the instructions contained in the Letter No. BC/16014/

1/82-SC&BCD-I, dated 22-02-1985 of the Ministry of Home Affairs,

Government of India in the existing prescribed format as issued by the

Government of India.

(iv) No Department/Public Sector Undertaking/Agency/

Institution of the Government of Puducherry, which is calling for

application for education, employment, etc., providing reservation for

Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes in relation to the Union territory of

Puducherry, shall insist for fresh Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes

Certificate in any specific format from an Applicant who is in possession

of a Permanent Certificate of Caste issued by virtue of this Order, unless

the same is specifically mandated in any specific format under any Law.

(v) Submission of Application: The application for the

Permanent Certificate of Caste along with all necessary supporting

documentary evidences shall be submitted to the Jurisdictional Taluk

Tahsildar (or) Sub-Taluk, Deputy Tahsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate,

as the case may be, as per the Pro forma-I annexed herewith. He/she

shall be an Indian citizen. He/she or his/her forefather shall be an

ordinary resident of Puducherry, as on the crucial date relevant for

claiming his/ her Caste/Tribe. The Applicant, as far as possible, shall

be able to establish his/her claim through the documentary evidence(s)

for belonging to a Caste/Tribe which shall fall under SC/ST in relation

to the Union territory of Puducherry.

(vii) Processing the Application for Caste Certificate: (a) Upon

receipt of an Application for issuance of a Caste Certificate, the Deputy

Tahsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate of Sub-Taluk Office/Tahsildar of

Taluk Office concerned shall ascertain the Applicant's Caste, upon

verification of documentary evidences/proofs, if any, and necessary field

enquiry by the concerned Village Administrative Officer/Revenue

Inspector/Deputy Tahsildar/Tahsildar and if, the Certificate Issuing

Authority, viz., the Tahsildar/Deputy Tahsildar requires, the list of

Applicants who have applied for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled

Tribes Certificates claiming to be belonging to the Scheduled Castes or

Scheduled Tribes of Puducherry, in the form of a Notice, shall be

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displayed on the Notice-Board (or) at a conspicuous place in the

concerned Taluk Offices/Village Administrative Officer/Revenue

Inspector Offices/Commune Panchayats/Municipal Offices for not less

than 15 days seeking objection(s), if any, from the general public.

The list of Applicants shall contain only the name of the Applicant along

with his/her father's name, Applicant's age, name of the caste to which

he/she is claiming to belong and residential address(es). No personally

identifiable information in respect of the Applicant shall be disclosed in

such Notice. If any, objection(s) is/are received, the same shall be

communicated to the Applicant giving him/her an opportunity to

repudiate such objection and to substantiate his/her claim for belonging

to such Caste/Tribe of Puducherry. However, the decision of the

Certificate issuing Authority shall be the final and binding.

(b) The Deputy Tahsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate/Tahsildar

shall properly scrutinize the Application and if, found complete in

all aspects, he/she shall issue the Caste Certificate in the

prescribed format in Pro forma - II annexed herewith, within a period

of 60 working days from the date of application or shall reject the

application by clearly mentioning the valid reasons through

a self-contained Speaking Order.

Tahsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate shall lie before the

Subdivisional Magistrate-cum-Sub/Deputy Collector (Revenue)

concerned.

(d) The Taluk Tahsildar shall maintain a Register of Caste

Certificates issued to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes

of Puducherry with details, such as, the certificate's serial number,

date of issue, name of the caste, Aadhaar number, date of birth and

address of each of the Applicant. He shall also maintain a Database

of such Certificates issued in digital format as well, and monthly

update of the Database shall be forwarded to the concerned

Subdivisional Magistrate for additional back-up before 5th day of

the following month. It shall be preserved at the respective Taluk/

Sub-Taluk offices as a permanent record in digital format for easy

retrieval and also for cross-verification by the various

requisitioning Institutions.

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(viii) Issue of duplicate Caste Certificate: A duplicate Caste

Certificate in lieu of a lost or damaged Caste Certificate shall be issued

upon application submitted along with a Non-traceable Certificate

obtained from the concerned Police Authorities and an Affidavit of the

Applicant detailing the facts of such matter. While issuing such

Certificate, the word "DUPLICATE" shall be mentioned on the top right

corner of the Certificate with the same serial number of the original

Certificate.

(ix) Validity of the Certificate of Caste: Such Certificate of Caste

shall be valid for the holder's lifetime unless there is any change in his/

her religion and/or any other factor(s) affecting his/her eligibility to get

a Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes Certificate to avail reservation

benefits and de-notification of such Caste, Race or Tribe from the

Schedule and in such eventualities, such Caste Certificate which is

issued shall become void. No Applicant shall reapply for a Caste

Certificate unless he/she has embraced other religion which also has

been provided with the reservation benefits.

(x) Offence and Cancellation of the Caste Certificate: Any Caste/

Community Certificate which is obtained by using bogus documentary

evidences shall be void and any effort or attempt by any Applicant to

obtain such Caste Certificate by using bogus or forged documentary

evidences shall constitute an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya

Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and/or Bharatiya

Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 and accordingly, criminal case(s) shall be

instituted against such Applicant and if, the beneficiary of such Caste/

Community Certificate is a Minor, criminal case(s) shall be instituted

against the Parents/Guardian who made the application on his/her behalf.

Such 'Caste/Community Certificate' of permanent nature, shall be

cancelled by the District Committee headed by the District Magistrate

concerned as per the G.O. Ms. No. 152, dated 24-11-2005 of the

Department of Revenue and Disaster Management/a Court of Law.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

KULOTHUNGAN. A, I.A.S.,

Special Secretary (Revenue).

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PRO FORMA - I

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY



DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT



APPLICATION FORM FOR ISSUE OF PERMANENT CERTIFICATE

OF CASTE FOR SCHEDULED CASTES / SCHEDULED TRIBES

SCHEDULED CASTES/SCHEDULED TRIBES 



Name of the Applicant

(for whom the certificate is required)/

(in English)

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



Father's Name



Present Address



Contact Telephone/Cell Number



Address for the past 5 years of residence:

:

Sl. No./

Address 

Period of Residence





(1)

(2)

(3)

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Place of study for past 5 years:

:

Sl. No./

Name of the Educational Institution 

Period of Study

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



(1)

(2)

(3)

Date of Birth



Age



Gender



10.

Marital Status



11.

Place of Birth



12.

Religion Name



13.

Caste Name



14.