Ministries and other states are adopting system of Self Attestation; Admn clueless :::: Attestation of Certificates; A curse for Island youths

DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, June 25: The colonial system of attestation has hit unemployed youths hard. In almost every office, unemployed youths are treated like dog, when they ask for attestation of their certificates from gazette officers.
As everyone is busy in applying for the post of LGC and other jobs, everyday thousands of youths could be seen running from pillar to post for attestation of their certificates, as if they are living under a curse.
When in mainland India the Central Government has already started adopting the system of Self Attestation the UT Administration is still following the age old system of Attestation by Gazetted officers.
Andaman Sheekha has document, which shows that the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances has recently issued an office memorandum in which he urged for adopting the system of Self Certification/ Self Attestation.
Mr. Sanjay Kothari, the Secretary to the Government of India in his office memorandum has mentioned that the Second Administrative Reforms Commission in its 12th Report titled “Citizen Centric Administration – The Heart of Governance”, has recommended, adoption of self-certification provision for simplifying procedures.
He added that taking a cue from this some Ministries and State Governments have adopted the provision of self-certification of documents like marksheets, birth certificate etc. by the applicants and stakeholders instead of asking for an attested copy of the documents by a Gazetted Officer or filing of affidavits. Under the self attestation method, the original documents are required, to be produced at the final stage.
“You will appreciate that the above method is citizen friendly and obtaining either an attested copy or affidavit not only cost money but also involves wastage of time of the citizens and the Government officials. It is requested to kindly review the existing requirements of attested copy or affidavit in various application forms in a phased manner and wherever possible make provision for self-certification of documents, after obtaining the approval of the competent authority,” the office memorandum number No.K-11022/67/2012-AR, dated 10th May, 2013 says.
This clearly means that if the head of the state feels, he can order for making provision for self certification of documents while applying for any job or work in Administration. Hope the Lt. Governor, who is always very sympathetic towards unemployed youths, will look in this matter and withdraw the colonial system of attestation by Gazetted officers, which will be a great blessing for the people of these Islands.