NATIVITY /
RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE
The
Government now prescribed the following guidelines to the Revenue Officials,
for adhering, strictly while issuing Nativity Certificates.
1. (a) Nativity means a place by virtue of one's
birth
(b) Residence denotes a place a person staying regularly.
2. (a) Nativity Certificate is issued subject to the applicant
proving continuous residence for five years and above.
(b) Residence certificate is issued if one
lives in a place for more than one year.
3. The following guidelines have been prescribed for issue of
Nativity Certificates.
i) The parents/guardians of the
applicant/students or the applicants themselves should have permanently resided
continuously for period of five years in Tami Nadu.
ii) Permanently residing for a period
of five years should be supported by documentary evidence.
iii) The family ration card, Electoral
Roll, Census list, if taken recently, documents like sale deed, tax receipt
etc. relating to the property owned by either of the parents or by the
applicant may be verified.
iv) The Transfer Certificate issued
by the School authorities where the applicant had studied last may be verified
to know whether he was in the state for five years.
v) If considered necessary, the officers issuing
a Nativity Certificate may enquire the Village Administrative Officers and
conduct local enquiry to ascertain whether the applicant has resided in Tamil
Nadu for more than 5 years continuously.
vi) Officers, before issuing nativity
certificates, should satisfy themselves beyond doubt that the applicants did
not furnish wrong address for the purposes of obtaining Nativity Certificates;
and,
vii) The birth place of the parent,
place of residence of the parent/father, permanent asset, mother tongue, place
of education, place of marriage of the applicant/parents, the period of stay in
and outside Tamilnadu can also be considered before issuing certificate.
Source:-
i)
Article 5 of Constitution of
India
ii)
G.O.Ms.No.2388, Revenue, dated
27.11.1990
iii)
Revenue Manual
v The
certifying officers should insist upon clear proof of the Nativity of the
Parent or Guardian of the applicant and satisfy themselves on the genuineness
of the residential qualification. They should be particularly careful in the
case of applicant whose mother tongue is not Tamil and whose place of birth is
other than Tamil Nadu and who have studied VIII to XII standards outside Tamil
Nadu.
