Who is a Gazetted Officer?

 Very often for various purposes of verification or attestation of the documents, we have the need to consult a gazetted officer. The regular sources do not have a concrete list of who could be contacted or who could attest the documents. A government guideline issued by Modi in 2014 stated that Self-attestation could be relied upon in different circumstances, but in some cases, attestation by an officer gazetted as a gazetted officer is required.

Who is a Gazetted Officer?

A gazetted officer is a government employee who is employed as a higher-ranking public servant. Not all government employees are gazetted, officers. A gazetted officer is a government servant whose service and recruitment conditions are derived from the Gazette of India as per Article 309 of the Constitution of India, 1950. These recruitments, made to the government, clearly indicate whether a person is a gazetted officer or not.  The Gazette of India publishes the list of the Gazetted Officers. These officers have a name stamp of their own to sign the papers. A gazetted officer attests a document to verify its legitimacy, i.e. verifies its legitimacy. In essence, the attestation of the gazetted officer constitutes a credible witness to the verification of documents.