Dear @Rava_TaaRa
Using a fraudulent migrant certificate to obtain a job is a serious offence. If such fraud is discovered, the main consequences can be:
1. Job consequences:
Appointment can be treated as void from the beginning and terminated/dismissed without retaining any service benefits, once it is proved that a fake/forged certificate was used to secure the job.
In schemes for Kashmiri migrants, government orders specifically allow cancellation of appointment and migrant registration if fake/forged documents are detected at any time.
2. Criminal liability:
The person who uses a fake migrant certificate, and officials who help in issuing/accepting it, may face FIR and prosecution for cheating and forgery offences (for example, Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B of IPC/RPC in J&K) which can lead to imprisonment and fines.
Crime Branch J&K has filed charge-sheets and arrested persons for impersonating as migrants or using forged documents to claim migrant benefits or jobs.
3. Other effects: Recovery of salary or benefits wrongly taken, and debarment from future government jobs or schemes may also follow, depending on the departmental rules and court directions.
If you suspect someone has got a job on a fraudulent migrant certificate:
- Submit a written complaint with evidence (copy of certificate, appointment order, your proof, witness details) to the appointing department and to the Relief & Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants), J&K.
- Simultaneously, lodge a complaint with Crime Branch / local police station for cheating and forgery, and track the FIR number.
- If the department does not act, file an online grievance on JK-IGRAMS (jkgrievance.in) selecting the concerned department, and if needed, escalate to the Lieutenant Governor’s Grievance Cell.