Even though Tahsildar Nitinkumar Deore had to rush to an important meeting he called Jadhav and signed his papers for the scrutiny report while sitting in his official vehicle.
For over a month, Jagdish Jadhav was forced to visit the Tahsil office frequently. Reason: he wanted to get a scrutiny or verification report for the Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate he had submitted when applying for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) examinations in 2019. The non-availability of this scrutiny report was causing a painful delay in Jadhav’s final appointment as State Tax Inspector (STI).
He had not imagined even in his wildest dream that he would misplace a document submitted at the time of examination and that he will be required to reproduce it. Back then he submitted a Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate issued based on a three years income certificate from the Tahsildar.
On November 23, 2022, Jadhav cleared the exams for a State Tax Inspector (STI). At the beginning of 2023, he was informed of his appointment as State Tax Inspector (STI) and asked to furnish the scrutiny report for a final order. “Earlier the post was called as Sales Tax Inspector. But after the advent of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) the post has been renamed as State Tax Inspector,” Jadhav told The Voice of Malegaon.
It is a routine exercise that after selection of a candidate under a reserved or special category, the MPSC seeks a confidential report from the Collector Office requesting for a scrutiny of caste or category certificate submitted by the candidate.
On Thursday, Tahsildar Deore handed over the Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) scrutiny report to Jadhav.
The Collector then forwards the request to the Tahsil office concerned. After receiving the request, Tahsildar takes it up, conducts a scrutiny of the documents and then prepares a report. This report is then sent to the Collector’s office.
However, in Jadhav’s case everything was not as hassle-free as it may sound. “A couple of months ago a Mandal Adhikari came to my home and asked for certain documents which I produced willingly. But after a few weeks when I visited the Tahsil office the staff concerned was clueless about my application,” Jadhav said.
In Jadhav’s own words, he made consecutive visits to the Tahsil office after that but to no avail. “Last Friday (June 16), I decided to personally meet Tahsildar Deore and narrated to him the entire ordeal I was going through. He then took up the matter in his own hands and gave me a respite in just a few days’ time,” Jadhav said.
As Jadhav did not have the original income certificate he had submitted in 2019 for the MPSC exams, Tahsildar Deore assigned a staff with him to find the old application in the godown, After a toil of a few hours, the said document was found in the godwon. Jadhav them informed Tahsildar Deore about the finding, who then put the matter on a fast-track.
Within six days of taking the matter in his own hands, Tahsildar Deore prepared a scrutiny report and on Thursday (June 22) handed it over to Jadhav who will now submit it at the Collector Office. “It has come as big relief for me and my mother who was not eating properly since the time she came to know that I was not having the original income certificate with me. She is happy now, even happier than me.” Jadhav said while trying to suppress his emotions.
