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Is submitting fake experience letter a criminal offence


01-May-2023 (In Criminal Law)
For the recruitment of Public Relations officer (PRO) in a University (Central University under Govt of India) essential qualification mentioned in their recruitment notification was 1. Masters degree in Journalism/PR/Mass Communication 2. 5 years experience in PR/ Reporting in reputed media house. . Filing RTI i obtained the photocopy of the filled in application and experience certificate of candidate got selected for the job. From the photo copy of the online application filled by the candidate i Can see that he has an experience of 3 years 1 month. Later an experience of 4 years was added with pen. Also an experience certificate of 4 years was produced. But while period of experience claimed, The candidate was doing full time PG course in trichi but experience certificate is from chennai. what legal action can be sought in this case? submitting fake experience is criminal offense? even if the candidate is not joined can any action taken against that person?
Answers (2)

Answer #1
987 votes
The person has not mentioned about the status whether he joined the service or not or he was not selected to the post etc. The statement mentioned in the query will attract the criminal offence. The other stages will follows
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Answer #2
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Any person is presumed to be innocent until his guilty is proved but what the person has done is certainly an offence because has done the act dishonestly and fraudulently but you will be admonished in the court of law.

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