Domicile must for kids of central government staff

Updated on: Friday, June 03, 2011

While the state government’s policy on making domicile certificates mandatory for admissions into all professional courses is affecting all students, children of central government employees are no exception to the rule. A government order states that even for children of central government employees, who are transferred regularly in different states, a domicile certificate is mandatory. A student, whose father is a central government employee, is seeking admission to JJ School of Arts for a course in design. She was told that she would need to produce a domicile certificate. “My daughter wanted a seat in the interior designing course. I work for the central government and have been in the state for around six years. My daughter has completed education till std XII from Mumbai. However, we will not be eligible for a domicile certificate,” said Ramesh Singh (name changed).

With no domicile certificate, Singh’s daughter has been finding it tough to procure a seat in any college in the state. She has been forced to apply in the outside Maharashtra state (OMS) category. “There is only one seat available in the OMS quota in this particular college. She has already appeared for the entrance exam to the college, but is uncertain about securing a seat in the OMS category. I do not understand how domicile certificates matter, if the student has completed her std X and XII from the state,” he added. While children of defence personnel and also children of citizens displaced by terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir are exempt from the domicile rule, no exemption is provided to the kin of central government employees.

“The domicile certificate is mandatory for students seeking admissions to professional courses in the state,” said Sanjay Kumar, principal secretary in the higher and technical education department. He said, “In 2010, the state made the domicile certificate mandatory for admissions to professional courses. Since it was introduced at the last moment, the department put it on hold for a year. The policy was implemented from the current academic year.”

Domicile must for kids of central government staff

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