Court awards 5-year jail term to man for using fake caste certificate to get govt jobs

A Delhi court has awarded 5-year jail term to a man who bagged two government jobs on the basis of a fake reserved category certificate, saying he "deprived the legitimate claimant".

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Anu Aggarwal awarded punishment to Ramapati Mahto who had secured two jobs -- first at a Delhi government school and then at the Tax Department as an inspector -- by using the fake certificate.

The court said the convict "committed fraud on the Constitution and also on the State Policy" and slapped a Rs 75,000 fine on him.

Mahto's Scheduled Tribes certificate, issued on January 28, 1985, was found to be fake during inquiry.

"The convict committed fraud on the Constitution and also on the State Policy. He deprived the legitimate claimant of not only of the post of Income Tax Inspector but also all the benefits arising therein," the court said, adding that "the convict deserves no leniency."