New Delhi, May 30: Department of Personnel and Training, DoPT, Central services fake certificates, fake certificates, Civil Services Examination & the State Government is requested to verify the authenticity of I&A certificate issued to officer under EWS category.
The Department of Personnel and Training has asked state governments to verify the authenticity of certificates submitted by more than a dozen Central services’ officers while availing of various reservations in the Civil Services Examination.
One such letter was sent to the Rajasthan Government asking for the verification of the income and asset certificate submitted by an IAS officer of 2022 batch.
The officer, who is from Rajasthan, was selected under the Economically Weaker Section category.
The DoPT also forwarded the complaint alleging use of fake income and asset certificate by the officer in question, which was forwarded to it by the Union Public Service Commission.
DoPT had initiated an inquiry into the alleged misuse of reservation certificates by multiple candidates who appeared for the CSE from 2015 to 2023.
The DoPT in September 2024 has discharged then-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar last year from service, finding that she was ineligible to be a candidate in the 2022 exam.
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