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“4-A. Issue of Caste Certificate and Income and Caste Certificate.-
(2) Any candidate or his parent or guardian belonging to Other Backward Classes may,
in order to claim benefit of reservation under Section 4, either for appointment to any
service or post or for admission to a course of study in University or any Educational
Institution, make an application to the Tahsildar in such form and in such manner as may
be prescribed for issue of an Income and Caste Certificate.
(3) The Tahsildar may on receipt of an application under sub-section (1) or (2), and after
holding such enquiry as he deems fit and satisfying himself regard the genuineness of the
claim made by the applicant pass an order issuing a caste certificate or, as the case may
be, an income and caste certificate in such form as may be prescribed, or rejecting the
application”.
14. In the Rules, Rules 3-A (1), (2) and (3) (g) are the relevant provisions relating to caste
certificates, and read as follows:
Karnataka PSC
“3-A. Issue of Caste Certificate and Income and Caste Certificate.- (1) Every application
for Caste Certificate or Income and Caste Certificate under Section 4-A shall be in forms
A, B or C as may be appropriate accompanied by such document and other materials in
support of the claim.
(2) On receipt of the application the Tahsildar shall verify the information, documents and
such other materials furnished by the applicant and on such verification if he is satisfied
with the correctness of the information, documents and evidence furnished by the applicant,
he shall issue Caste Certificate or Income and Caste Certificate in Forms D, E and F as
may be appropriate within two months from the date of receipt of the application.
(3)(g) The Tahsildar may after holding the inquiry in the manners specified above either
issue Caste Certificate or Income and Caste Certificate in Forms D, E and F as may be
appropriate or reject the claim with a period of two months from the date of receipt of the
application.”
15. In the Rules Forms A, B and C are the prescribed forms for applying for issue of caste
certificates. Form A and Form B are exclusive to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and
Backward Classes of Category I, respectively. Form C is simply labeled ‘Application for Income and
Caste Certificate’. In view of the exclusive nature of Forms A and B, Form C is the only form
available for Categories of Backward Classes other than Category I, for making application for issue
of caste certificate. Relevant parts of Form C read as follows: