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Proof of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Status - Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any person ' belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes claiming any benefit, concession, protection, exemption or reservation provided to such Castes or Tribes either for at appointment in public services or for admission into educational insituations, exclusively intended for members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, or for contesting for the seats reserved for them in any educational institution in the State or outside the State for the students of the State or local authority or co-operative institution, shall prove his claim by a Certificate issued for the purpose under this Act, by the competent authority, in the prescribed manner, 4 Application for Community Certificate :- Any person belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in order to prove his claim that he belongs to the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribe, as the case may be, for any purpose, shall make an application in such form and in such mariner, as may be prescribed, to the competent authority for the issue of a Community Certificate,