Section 8(3) in Chhattisgarh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Regulation of Social Status Certification) Rules, 2013
(3)Inquiry officer may also record oral statements, as evidence, of village Kotwar, Village Sarpanch, Halka, Patwari, local ward member, other public representatives of the area, gazetted officers residing in the locality, other local members of that caste already having Certificate and knowing the applicant properly.
