In a crackdown on appointments using forged Scheduled Caste or Backward Caste certificates, all Central government departments have been asked to collect details from the organisations under them and initiate action.
Employees who got jobs through such fake or forged caste certificates should be removed or dismissed in accordance with relevant service rules, the Centre has said.
The move assumes significance as over 1,800 appointments, a majority of them in financial sectors like public sector banks and insurance companies, were allegedly secured through fake caste certificates, official data reveals.
According to existing norms, if it is found that a government servant had furnished false information or produced a false certificate to secure appointment, he should not be retained in service.