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Friday, Jul 29, 2005

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Government accepts proposals on Scheduled Castes

Staff Reporter

House panel decision to help those who migrated to the Capital after 1951 Those fulfilling the necessary conditions will be given caste certificate as original residents of Delhi, says Minister

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government on Thursday accepted the recommendations of the House Committee that all those migrant Scheduled Caste members whose castes were listed in the Delhi Government list and fulfil the necessary conditions be given the caste certificate as original residents of the Capital.

Addressing a press conference, the Delhi Food and Supplies Minister, Raj Kumar Chauhan, who also holds charge of SC/ST Welfare, said a House Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the Narela MLA, Charan Singh Kandera, to look into the problems of SCs who migrated to Delhi after 1951. It has been recommended that any applicant fulfilling any of the three conditions outlined by the Government be issued a caste certificate.

According to Mr. Chauhan, the SC members should be issued caste certificates as original residents of Delhi and for this purpose attestation of the application by a Member of Parliament, MLA, Councillor or Member of the SC/ST Welfare Boards should be accepted as proof of genuineness of the applicant.

The applicant should have been born in Delhi for which he or she has to produce the birth certificate as evidence. He or she should have studied in Delhi for which they have to produce the matriculation certificate or marks-sheet as proof or they should have resided in Delhi for the last five years for which he or she has to produce domicile certificate or any other proof of residence in Delhi.

Mr. Chauhan said verification of the parent's certificate from the original issuing authority should be done away with unless there was a specific complaint against the applicant, giving rise to serious doubts about genuineness or the original certificate.

He said the Delhi Government had decided to accept the recommendations and all Deputy Commissioners had been directed to give wide publicity to this issue and follow the instructions contained in the said circular and all SDMs were being advised to follow the same scrupulously.

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