Section 12 in The Rajasthan Class IV Services (Recruitment and Other Service Conditions) Rules, 1963
12. Character.
- The character of a candidate for direct recruitment to the Service must be such as to qualify him for employment in the Service. He must produce a certificate of good character from a responsible person not related to him.Note.- (1) A conviction by a Court Law need not of itself involve the refusal of a certificate of good character. The circumstances of the conviction should be taken into account and if they involve no moral turpitude or association with crimes of violence or with a movement which has as its object the overthrow by violent means of Government as by law established, the mere conviction need not be regarded as a disqualification.(2)Ex-prisoners who by their disciplined life while in prison and by their subsequent good conduct have proved to be completely reformed, should not be discriminated against on ground of their previous conviction for the purposes of employment in the Service. Those who are convicted of offence not involving moral turpitude or violence shall be deemed to have been completely reformed on the production of a report to that effect from the Superintendent, After-Care Home or if there are no such Homes in a particular district, from the Superintendent of Police of that District.Those convicted of offences involving moral turpitude or violence shall be required to produce a certificate from the Superintendent, After-Care Home, endorsed by the Inspector General of Prisons, to the effect that they are suitable for employment as they have proved to be completely reformed by their disciplined life while in prison and by their subsequent good conduct in an After-Care Home.
