Kolkata: Taking the lead in carrying through a major promise of
the Central government to ease citizen-government
interface, the West Bengal government
has decided to do away with attestation of
certificates by Group A and Group B Gazetted officers .
“Today our cabinet has
decided that from December 1, 2014, attestation and affidavit in most
government work will not be required. Applicants will themselves be competent
to self-attest, unless there is a specific legal requirement,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters.
She said students will not have to get admit cards and marksheets attested as self-attestation will be
sufficient.
Even for affidavits, a self-declaration would be enough unless
it is legally specified.
“It will save money and
unnecessary harassment of people.
We are trusting people by letting self-attestation work,” Banerjee said adding
that they have given instructions to government departments on
this.
She also announced that the cabinet has approved the appointments for 4,500 posts
PTI