Certificate formats

SC / ST certificate

Annexure IX Open the format (page 105)

Issued by: District Magistrate, Additional District Magistrate, Collector, Deputy Commissioner, Sub-Divisional Magistrate or other Executive Magistrate; a Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar; or the Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where you or your family normally live

• Issued in the district where your parents (or surviving parent) ordinarily live; if both parents have died, where you ordinarily live (not for education)
• Where the certificate carries a photograph, only an attested photocopy is accepted
• ST candidates of Tamil Nadu: only from the Revenue Divisional Officer

OBC (non-creamy layer) certificate

Annexure X Open the format (page 108)

Issued by: District Magistrate / Deputy Commissioner etc.

• You must not be in the creamy layer on the closing date of the application
• The caste must be in the Central list: the certificate names the Government of India resolution that recognises it
• SSC does not insist that the certificate is issued within the cut-off date; OBC candidature stays provisional until the appointing authority verifies it (para 6.5)

EWS Income & Asset certificate

Annexure XI Open the format (page 109)

Issued by: The competent authority named at the top of the certificate, with signature and office seal

• For this notice: valid for the financial year 2026-27, issued on the basis of income for 2025-26 (para 6.4)
• Gross annual family income below ₹8 lakh, from all sources
• The family must not own 5 acres of agricultural land or more, a residential flat of 1,000 sq ft or more, a residential plot of 100 sq yards or more in notified municipalities, or 200 sq yards or more elsewhere; property in different places is added together
• “Family” = you, your parents, siblings under 18, spouse and children under 18
• Your caste must not be SC, ST or OBC (Central list)
• Carries your attested passport-size photograph

Disability certificate, single disability (Form V)

Annexure XII Open the format (page 111)

Issued by: Medical authority (name and address at the top of the certificate)

• The type of disability (such as OA, OL, BL, DW, MI, SLD) must be written as in DEPwD notification 38-16/2020-DD-III of 04.01.2021 (para 6.3)
• Choose the matching PwBD sub-category (OH / HH / VH / PwBD-Other) in the application; it cannot be changed later
• Carries your attested passport-size photograph (face only)

Disability certificate, multiple disabilities (Form VI)

Annexure XIII Open the format (page 113)

Issued by: Medical authority (name and address at the top), with a certificate / UDID number

• Same rules as the single-disability certificate (para 6.3)

Certificate of physical limitation to write (for a scribe)

Annexure I Open the format (page 55)

Issued by: Chief Medical Officer / Civil Surgeon / Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution

• Given by a specialist of the relevant stream (for example an ophthalmologist for visual impairment, an orthopaedic or PMR specialist for locomotor disability)

Certificate for less than 40% disability with difficulty in writing (scribe)

Annexure IA Open the format (page 56)

Issued by: A medical board chaired by the Chief Medical Officer / Civil Surgeon / Chief District Medical Officer

• For written examinations only; valid for at most six months, or less if the medical authority says so

Undertaking for using your own scribe

Annexure II Open the format (page 57)

Issued by: Signed by you

• Uploaded with the application along with the scribe’s details; Annexure IIA is the version for less than 40% disability (page 58)

Central Government civilian employee (age relaxation)

Annexure VI Open the format (page 102)

Issued by: Head of your Office or Department

Serving defence personnel

Annexure VII Open the format (page 103)

Issued by: Your Commanding Officer

• States the date on which you complete your term of engagement

Ex-servicemen undertaking

Annexure VIII Open the format (page 104)

Issued by: Signed by you

• Declares whether you have already used ex-servicemen reservation to get a civil Government job

Medical certificate for exemption from the typing (DEST) skill test, OH candidates

Annexure XIV Open the format (page 115)

Issued by: Medical authority

• States the disability, that it is permanent, its percentage and how it interferes with typing