Eligible wards of PSU employees to get OBC non-creamy layer certiƒcates
The communication was issued in the light of concerns over the di culty in obtaining certi cates
The Commissionerate of Revenue Administration (CRA) has instructed the District Collectors to duly sensitise authorities over issuing the Other Backward Classes (OBC) noncreamy layer certicate to eligible wards of employees serving in public sector undertakings (PSUs).
Earlier, wards of all employees serving in PSUs were excluded.
With the fresh guidelines issued this month, the wards of employees of PSUs and State PSUs (who are not in Groups A and B) would be eligible to get OBC non-creamy layer certicates.
The communication was issued in the light of concerns over the diculty in obtaining OBC certicates for the sons and daughters of employees in PSUs, as there was a lack of clarity over the income criteria.
“We had raised the issue with authorities. The communication issued in August
2021 led to the confusion. Now, the circular issued earlier this month has claried that the guidelines issued in July 2021 will continue,” said G. Karunanidhy, member of the Tamil Nadu governmentconstituted Social Justice Monitoring Committee.
While the communication issued in July 2021 said the salary or agricultural income was not to be taken into account to calculate the income criteria, the eventual communication issued in August that year gave a broad sense leading to ambiguity.
The CRA’s circular dated April 2 to Collectors followed a communication from the Tamil Nadu government’s Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department seeking suitable guidelines to certicate-issuing authorities in this regard.