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(1) The Government shall constitute by notification in the Official Gazette, one or more Scrutiny Committees for verification of Caste Certificates issued by the Competent Authorities under sub-section (1) of section 4 specifying in the said notification the functions and the area of jurisdiction of each of such Scrutiny Committees. Searchable PDF created by OCR.space (Free Version) 4 (2) The appointing authority of the Government, Central Government,Local Authority,public sectorundertakings,educational institutions, Co-operative Societies or any other Government aided institutions may make application, in such form and in such manner as maybe prescribed,to the ScrutinyCommitteeconcernedfor the verification of the CasteCertificate, if any doubtarisesaboutthe genuinenessof the Caste Certificate produced by any person to get any benefit on the basis of such Certificate: Providedthatthe ScrutinyCommitteeshallalsohavethe power to verifysuo-motuthe genuinenessof a CasteCertificateissuedbythe Competent Authority: Providedfurther that the perqonwhose Caste Certificate has been subjected to verification shall notbe debarred to avail the benefit nor shall discontinueto availthebenefituntilthe CasteCertificateis cancelledby the Scrutiny Committee. (3) The Scrutiny Committee shall follow such procedure for verification of the Caste Certificate and adhere to the time limit for verificationandgrantof validitycertificateas maybeprescribed. Confiscation