Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 27: After release of selection lists of some posts advertised by the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB), social media is flooded with complaints that some non-tribals have managed to get jobs on fake Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificates.
Amid allegations that some non-tribals have managed to get jobs on fake certificates, the demand for reverifying all ST certificates issued by the government gained momentum to single out those who managed to get these certificates through fraudulent means.
Sources said that fake ST certificate was a big issue as some non-tribals have managed to get these certificates.
Important to mention here that on the direction of the Supreme Court, a committee was constituted to verify ST certificates issued to different tribes but recommendations of the panel were not implemented so far.
Many ST leaders have already asked the J&K administration to verify the documents of all employees recruited under the ST category.
They also sought action against the fake certificate rackets active in J&K and the constitution of a scrutiny committee to > Demand for re-verifying ST certificates gains momentum.
> Candidates of some influential families have managed to get fake ST certificates.
> J&K has good population of STs.
> Last year authorities busted a fake ST certificate racket.
Taking advantage of the backwardness of these marginalized sections of society, candidates of some influential families of Kashmir Valley have managed to get fake Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificates and got selected in various government departments at the cost of deserving youth of tribal communities.
Many non-Scheduled Tribes have managed the ST certificates through fraudulent ways and means which resulted in a great loss to the existing Scheduled Tribes. Reports said that the issuance of fake certificates to non-STs was going unabated in Kashmir Valley.
J&K is the only state in northwest India with a considerable number of STs in its population. Of the 14.9 lakh STs in J&K in 2011, there were 13.2 lakh Muslims, 1 lakh Buddhists, and 67,000 Hindus.
Important to mention here that last year authorities had busted a fake ST certificate racket.
As per the preliminary investigation, the accused was privy to information that the records related to the tribal population had been lost during the 2014 floods and had used this lacuna to further his own interest. | 