1. OBC certificate is valid
for as long as the community is notified as OBC certificate treated valid by
SSC for 3 years.
2.It is necessary for
everyone to get the OBC certificate renewed after every three years for SSC
exams as creamy layer status may change if a person remains in creamy layer for
3 years continuously.
3. The OBC certificate must
have been issued within 3 years of closing date or issued before last stage of
the exam concerned.
4. OBC certificate valid for
3 years from date of issue. If closing date for receipt of application is
beyond this period OBC certificate should be obtained afresh.
5. OBC certificate should be
in prescribed format published by SSC from specified authorities. No deviation
is permitted,
6. OBC certificate is on the
basis of one’s parents income. And hence if any person is in any sort of
employment, his income is not to be added to his parents’ income while
calculating the maximum income required in case of acquiring the OBC
certificate.
7. The Commission has
decided to accept OBC certificate, in the prescribed format, issued after the
closing date but before the last tier/stage of the examination i.e.
Interview/Skill Test/Computer Proficiency Test/ Document Verification, as the
case may be, as valid proof of belonging to non-creamy layer of OBC.
IMPORTANT:
The creamy layer status of a candidate (even
for married lady) for whole lifetime is decided by parent’s post / agricultural
land / income in following manner:
1. For Government Servant
parents—- by post/class; not by salary
2. For farmer parents—- by
land holding
3. For businessmen parents—-
by annual income
i) The creamy layer status of a candidate is determined on the
basis of the status of his parents and not on the basis of his own status or
income or on the basis of status or income or on the basis or status or income
of his/her spouse. Therefore, while determining the creamy layer status of a
person the status or the income of the candidate himself or of his/her spouse
shall not be taken into account.
ii-a) Parents either of whom
or both of whom are directly recruited Class I/Group A officer(s).
b) Parents both of whom are
directly recruited Class II/Group B officers.
c) Sons and daughters of
parents who are included in the creamy layer on the basis of service status of
their parents shall continue to be treated in creamy layer even if their
parents have retired or have died after retirement.
d) Sons and daughters of
parents of whom only the husband is a directly recruited Class II/Group B
officer who gets into Class I/Group A at the age of 40 or earlier are treated
to be in creamy layer. If the father is directly recruited Class III/Group C or
Class IV/Group D employee and he gets into Class I/Group A at the age of 40 or
earlier, his sons and daughters shall not be treated to be falling in creamy
layer.
iii) The criteria prescribed for determining
creamy layer status of sons and daughters of persons in Government service also
applies to the sons and daughters of persons holding equivalent or comparable
posts in PSUs, Banks, Insurance Organizations, Universities, etc. and also
holding equivalent or comparable posts and positions under private employment.
The creamy layer status of the sons and daughters of employees of organizations
where evaluation of the posts on equivalent or comparable basis has not been
made is determined on the basis of ‘Income/Wealth Test’ given in the Schedule.The
Income/Wealth Test prescribes that the sons and daughters of persons having
gross annual income of Rs 6 lakh or above or possessing wealth above the
exemption limit as prescribed in the Wealth Tax Act for a period of three
consecutive years would be treated to fall in creamy layer. An explanation is
given below the Income/Wealth Test which provides that `income from salaries or
agricultural land shall not be clubbed.
iv) Creamy layer status of sons and daughters
of persons employed in organizations where equivalence or comparability of
posts vis-a-vis posts in Government has not been evaluated is determined as
follows: Income of the parents from the salaries and from the other Sources
[other than salaries and agricultural land] is determined separately. If either
the income of the parents from the salaries or the income of the parents from
other sources [other than salaries and agricultural land exceeds the limit of
Rs.6 lakh per annum for a period of three consecutive years, the sons and
daughters of such persons shall be treated to fall in creamy layer.
But the sons and daughters
of parents whose income from other sources is also less than Rs.6 lakh per
annum and income from other sources is also less than Rs.6 lakh per annum will
not be treated as falling in creamy layer even if sum of the income from
salaries and the income from the other sources is more than Rs.6 lakh per annum
for period of three co may be noted that income from agricultural land is not
taken into account while applying the Test.
NOTES
1. A lady belonging to OBC
category has got married to a Class I officer, may herself seek benefit of OBC
reservation.
2. OBC candidate has to
submit the details (status/income) of ‘father’ and ‘mother’ only and not of the
‘self’ in ‘Application form prescribed to get OBC certificate’.
3. If you are selected for,
the post of IPS trough UPSC civil services examination and want to apply again
to become an IAS, even though you are eligible for OBC reservation on the basis
of parent’s (father, mother) status.
CENTRAL LIST OF OBCs
NOTE-I:
To claim OBC reservation benefit, you need two certificates i.e. the caste
certificate and the creamy layer certificate. It should be in the format
provided by SSC.
NOTE-II:
OBC Castes fall in two categories namely ‘State’s own list’ and ‘Central
government’s list';, which are different. To apply in SSC Your caste MUST be in
central list.
For example, Certain
Chaudhari caste in Gujarat are in state backward list but not in the central
backward list. Meaning, such person can claim reservation when applying for
Gujarat University/GPSC but he cannot claim reservation when applying for
IIM/UPSC/SSC/Banks.
NOTE-III:
Candidates claiming OBC
status may note that certificate on creamy layer status should have been
obtained within three years before the closing date for receipt of application.
This depends on the income/status of your PARENTS (this is clearly mentioned in
page 10 of the official notification), means this doesn’t depend on your own
job/business OR your husband’s job/business. If your mom/dad is government
employee then INCOME criteria doesn’t apply. (e.g. if dad is class3 employee,
then it doesn’t matter whether he gets 6 lakhs or 7 lakhs. You’re still
non- cream layer. If your parents have private business, then income criteria
applies. (Max. 6 Lakh rupees annual income)
In short, make sure you’ve
these certificates, else make trip to Tehsildar’s office/Collector
Office/Jan-Seva Kendra and get the proper certificates. Otherwise, SSC will
reject you at the last stage, during document verification and your entire year
will be wasted for nothing.
The caste certificate is compulsory to receive such benefits for a person belonging to a scheduled caste or Scheduled Tribe Community. Apply Now: caste certificate download
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