Change in Caste Certificate: If we talk about castes in India, then the total number is around 4000. There are around 25000 sub-castes. Castes were divided on the basis of Varnas. There were a total of four Varnas in the scriptures. Which are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. After Varnas, now in India, caste is considered to be the identity of a person. If we talk about casteism, then according to the Indian Constitution, casteism has been abolished.
But even today, people of a particular caste are discriminated against in many places. On the basis of caste, they are kept away from other people and are deprived of many things. In such a situation, a question arises in the minds of many people whether one can change his caste. Let us know. How is a caste certificate made. And what is its legal process.
How to get caste certificate made?
Caste certificate is a government document. Which determines your caste. With this you can take advantage of schemes, get exemption in government jobs. Along with this, you can get scholarship on the basis of caste certificate. Caste certificate is made both online and offline.
To get a caste certificate offline, you need a form. Which you can get from your tehsil SDM office or collector office. After filling all the information asked in the form and attaching the relevant documents, you can submit it in the office. After this, you can get your caste certificate from there.
Now in many states, the online process for getting caste certificate has started. For this, you have to visit the state’s online website. You have to enter your complete information there. And along with this, you have to submit the relevant documents. After paying the prescribed fee, you can download your caste certificate online.
Can anyone change the caste certificate?
There is no constitutional law in India regarding changing caste. Nor is there any legal process by which caste can be changed. That is, once someone gets a caste certificate, then after that he cannot make any changes in that caste certificate for the rest of his life.
Even if he gives any kind of justification for it. While giving its verdict on this, the Supreme Court of India had said that the basis for determining the caste of any person is his birth. Often such cases have been filed in the court where after marriage, people have applied to change their caste. Which have been rejected.