Authorities Empowered to issue certificates

Authorities empowered to issue SC/ST Certificates :

• District Magistrate/ Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ City Magistrate/ Sub-Divisional Magistrate/ Taluk Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner.
• Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate
• Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tashildar
• Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the Candidate and/or her/his family normally resides
• Administrator/ Secretary to Administrator/ Development Officer (Lakshadweep Islands)

Certificate issued by any other official will not be accepted.

PD Category:

In order to avail concession under PD category, the candidates should ensure themselves that they have attached recently obtained proper PD certificate, which shall be required to be submitted to the admitting institution at the time of admission. The onus of verifying PD certificate lies with the admitting institute. The GATE committee will not be responsible for any incorrect declaration of his/her PD status.