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Certificates
Caste certificate
Application for caste certificate should be submitted in the prescribed form to the village officer or through eDistrict portal. Certificates issued previously in this reagrd, attested copies of school certificates, ration card, gazette notification incase of conversion, etc. shall be produced along with the application. Certificates are issued by the village officer after scrutinizing the evidence produced and local enquiry. The Tahsildar issues certificates to be produced before organizations under the central government. Certificates for scheduled caste/scheduled tribe are issued by the Tahsildar, based on the report from the concerned Village Officer.
Nativity Certificate
Application may be submitted via eDistrict portal or in the prescribed form. Citizens who were born in Kerala and children of citizens born in other states and are married and have permanent residence in Kerala are eligible for this certificate. This is issued from the village office. In all other cases, residential certificate has to be given. Nativity certificate which are to be produced before the defence authorities is issued by the Additional District Magistrate / Deputy Collector (General). Proof of permanent residence for this purpose has to be produced before the Village Officer, who issues this certificate after scrutinizing the evidence produced and local enquiry.
Non Creamy Layer Certificate
This certificate is produced by applicants for claiming reservation eligible for other backward communities in State and Central Government Services. This document certifies that the applicant belongs to other eligible backward community and doesn’t fall in the Creamy Layer. Village officer issues this certificate for state government purposes and Tahsildar, for central government purposes. The application for this certificate is submitted in the prescribed form.
Income certificate
Application may be submitted via eDistrict portal or in the prescribed form . Copies of ration card, deeds of land under possession, salary certificate, proof of other income etc. should be submitted along with the application. The Village Officer issues the certificate after scrutinizing the evidence produced and local enquiry. Income in the last 1 year of the date of application shall be considered for assessing the income. Income tax returns document from the previous financial year may be considered for assessing the income, when the same is relied upon.
Dependency Certificate
The application has to be submitted before the Village Officer. The certificate is issued after perusing evidences like ration card, school certificate, affidavit, depositions and local enquiry. This certificate is issued by the Tahsildar for special and out of state purposes as per the recommendation from the Village Officer.
Possession Certificate
The possession certificate includes the details of land, its type & nature, survey number, block number and ownership.
Valuation Certificate
The application for valuation up to Rs 5 Lakh is submitted before the Village Officer, and above to the Tahsildar. The deed/patta, tax receipt and encumbrance certificate of the land to be valued has to be submitted for valuation. It has to be ensured that there are no revenue recovery proceedings or court attachments on the property for which the certificate was applied for. Valuation of buildings above Rs. 5000 has to be done by a competent engineer in PWD buildings and should be included in the certificate. The assessment has to consider the basic value, market parameters and development potential of the property.
Domicile Certificate
Applicant’s residence and the intention to stay permanently in a locality are the considerations for issuing a domicile certificate. A person domiciles in a locality by birth, choice or dependency. This certificate is issued by the Tahsildar after verifying the records relating to the citizenship/birth/permanent residence of the parents and local enquiry. A person who was born and brought up and holding a citizenship in a country may be issued the domicile certificate. This can be used in lieu of nationality/citizenship certificate.
