Ews certificate - ews candidate

Dear Client,
To be eligible for the EWS certificate, you will have to satisfy all the following conditions: 1) You should be a ‘general’ candidate (not covered under reservation for SC, ST, or OBC). 2) Your family’s gross annual income should be below Rs.8 lakhs. This includes income from all sources, such as agriculture, salary, business, etc., for the financial year before you apply for the exam. 3) Your family should not own agricultural land of size 5 acres or more. 4) Your family should not own a residential flat of an area of 1000 square feet or more. 5) Your family should not own a residential plot (in notified municipalities) of an area of 100 square yards or more. 6) Your family should not own a residential plot (other than in notified municipalities) of an area of 200 square yards or more. The land or property owned by the family in different locations should be clubbed while checking the eligibility conditions for EWS category reservations. The definition of Family in EWS reservation means the person who seeks the benefit of reservation, his/her parents and siblings below the age of 18 years, as also his/her spouse and children below the age of 18 years. So, given the conditions of eligibility and the definition of family, if you qualify for all these eligibility criteria, including the income criteria, you can apply for the EWS Certificate. Further, if the land belongs to your grandfather is an ancestral property, being a coparcener, you can file a partition suit before the civil court and based on the decree of partition, you can access your share in the said land and if it comes below the recommended size of plot as required for issue of EWS Certificate, you can apply for the same if other criteria’s of eligibility are met. You may contact or visit the office of the concerned DM/SDM/Tehashildar or the State Level Caste Scrutiny Committee for more information and clarification on the subject.