The News Freedom
Chandigarh, December 8
The Punjab government has cancelled a fake Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate belonging to Raj Kumar alias Raju, son of Jai Prakash, resident of Railway Basti Guru Har Sahai of Ferozepur. Giving details about the cancellation of the certificate, Dr. Baljit Kaur, Minister for Social Justice, Empowerment, and Minorities, said that the decision followed a thorough investigation by the state-level Scrutiny Committee based on a complaint filed by Charandas, son of Bakshi Ram, a resident of village Jeewan, Tehsil Guru Har Sahai of Ferozepur.
The investigation confirmed that Raju, born in Bihar, belongs to the general category (Sharma) and fabricated a fake SC certificate to benefit from SC-specific schemes and programmess. Dr. Baljit Kaur emphasized that such fraudulent activities undermine the government’s efforts to uplift the deserving members of the SC community.
The Social Justice Department has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Ferozepur to confiscate the fake certificate issued by Tehsildar Rajpura and submit a report on the action taken. This reaffirms the government’s commitment to ensuring transparency and accountability in the issuance and verification of SC certificates, she said.