Shillong, January 10: After careful consideration on the matter of adoption of the provisions of “self-attestation” in lieu of “attestation by Gazetted Officers and others” and “self-declaration” in lieu of “affidavit”, the State Government has notified the adoption of “self-attestation” and “self-declaration” in lieu of affidavits of various services. This was informed by the Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Personnel & Administrative Reforms Cell.
The services for replacement by self attestation include documents required for admission of students in Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary level, migration certificate in Secondary and Higher Secondary level, correction of certificate,marksheet, admit card at Secondary and Higher Secondary level, issuance of duplicate certificate, marksheet, admit card at Secondary and Higher Secondary level, copy relating to non-marriage certificate, non-employment certificate for grant of family pension due to death of the employee, copy of life certificate for pensioners, family pensioners to be submitted before Pension Disbursing Authority, Branch Manager of pension disbursing bank and copy of documents required in case of loss of original vouchers in connection with reimbursement of admissible medical expenses.
The services for replacement by self declaration include issuance of duplicate certificate,marksheet, admit card at Secondary, Higher Secondary level and submission of information regarding family income in case of scholarship schemes. Any candidate or persons falsely certifying documents,declaration are liable to be criminally prosecuted in the court of law.
