In a first the State Government has asked competent authorities in State to issue online certificates for people belonging to Economically Weaker Sections of Society (EWS). The Personnel and Administrative Reforms department has issued a letter to officials and recruitment bodies of the State to adhere to the decisions taken by the State Government regarding recruitment for Government jobs and admission in Government run institutions.
According to the letter issued by Additional Chief Secretary, Personnel department, the people belonging to EWS category will be able to take benefits of 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and admission in the educational institutions on the basis of online certificates issued by DCs, ADMs, ACs, SDOs, Executive Magistrates, Deputy Collectors and Circle Officers.
Although, Additional CS KK Khandelwal expressed ignorance about whether the State was first to issue online EWS certificates, sources at the National Informatics Centre confided that Jharkhand is the first State to issue such certificates online. EWS certificates are being issued offline in other States, they said.
As per the government decision those people will be considered under EWS category, whose family income is less than Rs 8 lakh per annum, who have less than five acres of cultivable land, who have less than 1,000 square feet of residential flat, who have less than 100 square yard of land in a municipal area and who have less than 200 square yards of land in other than municipal area.
The family income, according to the decision, consists of combined income of the applicant, his/her spouse, mother, father and kids/siblings of less than 18 years of age. Also, the land possessed by all the members will be added and will be considered before issuing a certificate.
According to the resolution of the Government scientific and technical posts will be free from the reservation category. Also, the recruitment of the applicant will be provisional subject to verification by the competent authority and will be cancelled if the detailed submitted by the applicant is found incorrect. Legal action may also be initiated if a person wrongly obtains the EWS certificate.
The State Cabinet on February 14 this year had decided to provide 10 per cent reservation to people coming from economically weaker sections (EWS) in recruitment for government jobs and admission in educational institutions in the State. It had passed the proposal for implementing Centre’s plan of reservation for EWS category persons, thus making the total reservation in Government jobs 60 per cent. Till date, 26 per cent reservation was given to scheduled tribes, 10 per cent to scheduled castes, 8 per cent to BC-1 and 6 per cent to BC-2, the total reservation being 50 per cent.