Dear Sir/Ma'am, I need your legal advice regarding some unintentional mistakes I made while applying for my OBC-NCL certificate online. The certificate has been issued automatically based on my Family ID data, but the form contains the following errors: 1. Income Field Restriction:Our Family ID verified income is ₹8 Lakhs. When I tried entering the actual gross salary of ₹11 Lakhs, the portal rejected it as the verified income was 8 lakh so it didn't allow me to enter any number more than 8 lakh . To make the form accept it, I had to enter an approximate net income of ₹7 Lakhs. 2. Father's Profession Error: My father is a Head Constable in the BSF . I correctly selected the Paramilitary category, but for the next question, "Whether holding any post other than a civil post? I accidentally selected 'No' instead of 'Yes'. 3. Misunderstood "Professional Income":Mistaking this for my father's job, I again filled "Head Constable, BSF and ₹7 Lakhs income in this column. (He is not a doctor/lawyer/engineer). 4. Wrong Entry in "Other Sources":In the column asking for income other than salary and agriculture for the last 3 years, I mistakenly filled his net salary (7L, 6.5L, 6.5L). Our actual income from other sources is not even ₹1 Lakh. Since the certificate is already issued online without any manual verification, I want to ask: * Will these wrong entries create any issues during my government job ? * Will there be any issue in verification of my OBC certificate ? As it can be verified online through the state portal and is genuine certificate
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Your father was a government employee hence his salary income will not be taken into consideration for computing annual income of the family.
Therefore in the event of any verification also and in case of any such adverse remarks, you can approach the district collector for relief or file a writ petition before high court seeking remedy and relief.
Thank you so much, sir, for your prompt reply to my query. Considering the present scenario, are there any chances of termination from the job? Also, should I start taking any remedial steps from my end right now so that I don't face any issues later on? Please suggest
Remaining silent about the issue is the best remedy for now.
They cannot terminate your employment for this reason because the rule about salary income of government employees not to be taken for computing annual income of family is very clear.
If it’s a clerical error then it can be corrected
Since your father is a Head Constable (Group C / Pay Level 4), you are completely and unequivocally under the Non-Creamy Layer, regardless of whether his gross salary is ₹11 Lakhs. Salary is not counted toward the ₹8 Lakh financial criteria for this category. Your certificate is genuine, but your application form is legally flawed due to clerical errors.
2) Log into the official state family portal (e.g., Mera Parivar Haryana).Navigate to the Correction Module or "Update Family Details" section.File a correction request specifically for your father's Occupation (ensuring it is marked as BSF/Paramilitary) and Income (ensuring gross income and salary allocations are properly mapped).
3) You will need to upload his Form 16 or Income Tax Return as official proof.
you will not face termination from your job, provided you take proactive steps now to correct these records before your final appointment. Termination typically happens if a candidate submits a fake certificate, hides their true category, or secures a benefit through deliberate fraud. In your case, you are legally and genuinely eligible for OBC-NCL status because your father is a Head Constable. Your mistakes are strictly clerical data-entry errors caused by an unyielding online portal, not forgery
Thank you, sir, for your detailed guidance regarding this matter. I would like to clarify that my father's occupation is already updated in our Family ID as a "Regular Central Government Employee" because the portal lacks a specific category for the "Armed Forces." Additionally, the OBC certificate application mandatorily requires the profession details of both parents in every cycle. Regarding the income discrepancies, the state government authorities handle these records quite arbitrarily, frequently altering the figures on the portal. Even after launching formal complaints, a resolution is rarely provided, and these grievances routinely remain pending for months without any action. Under these constrained circumstances, I was left with no other choice but to submit my application directly based on the existing data, as waiting for a portal update was practically impossible. Furthermore, sir, as I am scheduled to join my department next month, could you please guide me on what my next steps should be if these specific issues come up during the re-verification of certificates? Additionally, I would highly appreciate it if you could clarify how the concerned department verifies an OBC certificate. Do they scrutinize each and every minute detail on the portal, or do they simply check whether the certificate itself is genuine and valid?
Explain that the portal is faulty and unable to upload details
tjey verify whether certificate is genuine or bot and whether income matches with details submitted
- As per law, Government Employees of Class 3 or below class 3 officers are eligible for OBC Quota., and the salary/ income of the government employees are not to be taken into consideration for considering the OBC NCL category certificate.
- Since, your father is a class C employee , then his income will not considered for obtaining the OBC NCL , and hence no need of worry .
- You can re-apply for getting the same certificate after correcting the details after 6 months
It has it’s verification process and department even a Vigiliance dept works for the sane
Dear Sir/Madam,
Termination is not automatic merely because there are clerical/portal mistakes.
Problem may arise only if the department finds that you were actually not eligible for OBC-NCL or that there was deliberate false declaration.
Before joining, give a written correction/clarification application to the issuing authority and keep its acknowledgement. Also keep proof of your father’s service, income records, Family ID data and portal complaint copies.
During verification, if any objection comes, submit these documents and explain that the errors were due to portal restrictions and were not intentional.
Advocate Saurabh Agrawal
Your candidature cannot be rejected just because your father's income is more than 8 lakhs for the last three years prior to the certificate date.
It is not your problem if the authorities issuing the OBC NCL certificate are not updated about the prevailing law in this regard.
If you face any problem after reverification, you can approach high court with a writ petition stating that the income of government employees salary is not taken into consideration for computing the annual income of the family hence the authorities have erred in this regard , however you are eligible for the said privilege of OBC NCL certificate.
You first go and join and can decide about initiating legal process in case of necessity at a later date.
Based on the additional facts stated by you, your situation appears to be one of bona fide errors in filling the online application, rather than an attempt to obtain an OBC-NCL certificate by fraud or deliberate misrepresentation. That distinction is legally significant.
The fact that your certificate has been issued by the competent authority through the State portal and is verifiable online means that the appointing department will ordinarily first verify its genuineness and validity from the issuing authority. During document verification, departments generally check whether:
the OBC-NCL certificate has been issued by the competent authority;
it is valid on the relevant date;
it pertains to the correct caste/community;
it satisfies the applicable Central or State Government requirements, as the case may be.
They do not ordinarily scrutinize every field of the online application unless there is a complaint, an apparent inconsistency, or the certificate is referred back to the issuing authority for detailed verification.
Regarding your specific concerns, the errors you have described appear to have arisen because of portal limitations and misunderstanding of certain fields. If, during re-verification, the department seeks clarification, you should explain the circumstances truthfully. The fact that the Family ID itself restricted the income entry, that the profession category was selected from limited portal options, and that the "professional income" and "other sources" fields were misunderstood can be explained. If required, you should produce supporting documents such as your father's service certificate, salary slips, Income Tax Returns (if applicable), and any other authentic records.
As regards the possibility of termination from service, termination is not the normal consequence of a bona fide clerical or portal-related error. Serious consequences generally arise only where it is established that a candidate intentionally furnished false information or suppressed material facts to secure a benefit to which he was not entitled. If you are genuinely eligible for OBC-NCL and the certificate has not been obtained by fraud, the risk is considerably lower.
As a matter of abundant caution, you should preserve copies of:
the Family ID details showing the income reflected therein;
screenshots or records demonstrating the portal restrictions, if available;
your grievance/complaint submitted to the authorities regarding incorrect portal data, if any;
your father's employment and income records.
If, after joining service, you are given an opportunity to clarify or if the issuing authority permits correction of the application particulars, you should cooperate and have the record corrected. Voluntarily clarifying a genuine mistake is always viewed more favourably than allowing an inaccuracy to remain unexplained.
Therefore, on the facts stated by you, there does not appear to be any immediate reason to fear termination solely because of these inadvertent errors. The crucial factors will be whether your OBC-NCL certificate is genuine, whether you are substantively eligible for the benefit claimed, and whether the mistakes were bona fide rather than intentional misrepresentations. Honest disclosure and prompt clarification, if ever called for, will be the best course of action.
