TN govt for self-attestation of certificates by individuals

Chennai, Oct 13 (KNN) The Tamil Nadu government has directed all its departments to discontinue with the practice of attestation of certificates by its officers, and has decided to provide practice of self-attestation of certificates.

Individuals should produce the originals at the time of interview or final appointments to the post as the case may be, a September 23 gazetted order said, reports media.

The Centre had written to states asking them to promote self-attestation of documents in place of notarised and gazetted officer-signed affidavits required for majority of government-related works, but no official order has come out in this regard. 

Since the earlier practice of attestation of certificates by Group A and B officers was not citizen-friendly and led to great difficulty, apart from much wastage of time to both citizens and government officials, there was a need to revise the existing procedure, the order said. 

As originals for attested copies need to be produced during interview for verification, attestation by the gazetted officers "does not really solve any purpose as the final verification is completed only after the originals are produced," the order by Principal Secretary to the Government (Personnel and Administrative Reforms) P W C Davidar said, as quoted by media. 

At present, the students and job-seekers have to get their documents attested through a gazetted officer or get a notarised affidavit. (KNN/SD)