Gazetted officer ( India ) - wikipedia Gazetted officer ( India ) Gazetted Officers ( Hindi : राजपत्रित अधिकारी ) are executive / managerial / supervisorial level ranked public servants in India. Authority for a gazetted officer to issue an official stamp comes from the President of India or the Governors of States. To that effect, they are de jure representatives and delegates of the Indian State and the President. The Gazette of India is published on the regular basis by the Directorate of Printing, Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. It is an official Central Government or State Government publication, which publishes the appointments or promotions of certain government officials. An officer or public servant, who is appointed under the seal of the Governor at State level or by the President of India at the national level ( and in the Union Territories ), requires being listed in the Indian Gazette or State Government Gazette and is considered to be a Gazetted Officer. If a person 's name is published in the Gazette, he / she is called Gazetted. Many are honorary Justices of the Peace and have the same standing as some of the Magistrates. Such officers, among other functions, have the power to verify the documents for academic, immigration and other purposes. Contents 1 Ranks 2 Who can certify documents 3 Non-Gazetted 4 References 5 External links Ranks The Government of India or a Government of States in India classifies public employees into Group A ( Gazetted / Executive ), B ( Gazetted ), B ( Non-Gazetted ), C and D. Earlier classification was Class I ( Gazetted ), II ( Gazetted ), II ( Non-Gazetted ), III and IV. Class I or Group A is the highest rank class and the Class IV or Group D is the least. The Government of India has plans to merge Group D into Group C. Class I and II ( Gazetted ) belong to the class of officers whose transfers, appointments, promotions and superannuation are published on a yearly basis in the official gazette of State or Union Government. Defence Personnel are categorised as Commissioned Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks. Commissioned Officers in Indian Armed Forces are counter parts of All India Services / Group A Services. Class I or Group A ( Gazetted ) These officials belong to the managerial or highest class of government servants who are placed in Level 10 and above in Civilian and Defence Pay matrices, Previously in the pay band 3 with 5400 grade pay and above in 6th CPC. Examples - Officers of All India Services i.e. IAS, IPS, IFoS, Commissioned officers in Indian Armed Forces from the rank of Lieutenant / Equivalent, Officers of 61 Central Group A Civil Services including IFS, IA&AS, IRS, IRTS etc. State governments also appoints certain category officers under Group A Services in state civil services. Class II or Group B ( Gazetted ) Examples - DANIPS DANICS, Puducherry Civil Service, Puducherry Police Service, Section officers of AFHQ Civil Services and Central Secretariat Services, Income Tax officers, Asst. Audit / Accounts Officers of Indian Audit &Accounts Department, JCOs in Armed Forces Officers in State Civil Services etc. Class II or Group B ( Non-Gazetted ) Examples - Assistant Section Officers in various ministries etc. Class III or Group C Public servants in non-supervisory roles. Examples - Head clerks / Section heads, Police Head Constables, Typists, Stenographers, Tax Assistants, Telephone operators, etc. Class IV or Group D Manual workers ( skilled or semi-skilled ). Examples - Peons, Sweepers etc Who can certify documents Attestation of copies of original documents : Group A and B ( Gazetted ) public servants and Commissioned officers of Indian Armed Forces Character certificate, Police records verification : Group A officers, Commissioned officers of Indian Armed Forces Citizenship certification : Group A officers, certification is limited to very few officials such as Sub-Divisional Magistrate etc. Non-Gazetted Officers falling under the category of class III and IV are not gazetted. They do not have the personal authority to issue an official stamp on behalf of the Government. Further, employees serving in Nationalized Banks and PSUs are not gazetted. References Jump up ^ `` DoP - Gazette ''. Department of Publication. Retrieved 23 September 2013. Jump up ^ http://www.imyideas.com/2010/10/group-d-posts-abolished-in-department.html Jump up ^ `` Table of Appointments ''. Retrieved 30 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Annexure F '' ( PDF ). MEA. Retrieved 30 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Group A Central Civil Services '' ( PDF ). DoPT. Jump up ^ `` JCOs are Gazetted Officers ''. rediff. Retrieved 2 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mod-drops-use-of-term-pbor-in-armed-forces/756929/ ''. Indian Express. Retrieved 30 October 2017. External link in title = ( help ) External links http://egazette.nic.in/ http://wbxpress.com/attestation-by-gazetted-officer/ Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gazetted_Officer_(India)&oldid=808414593 '' Categories : Titles Civil Services of India Indian government officials Hidden categories : CS1 errors : external links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 November 2017, at 18 : 46. About Wikipedia

Question: who is gazetted officer as per indian law
Answer: Gazetted Officers (Hindi: राजपत्रित अधिकारी) are executive / managerial / supervisorial level ranked public servants in India. Authority for a gazetted officer to issue an official stamp comes from the President of India or the Governors of States. To that effect, they are de jure representatives and delegates of the Indian State and the President.