A couple of issues relating to the application procedure have been raised recently in Current Science (see, for example, Subir K. Sen, Curt. Sci., 2002, 82, 245-246). One such issue is the attesting procedure. The attesting business is not only a burden for the attestationempowered officers, but also a nuisance for the applicants. Those residing in farflung rural areas have to struggle hard to find one such officer who can oblige by putting his signature on a few xerox/true copies. Even in the cities, we face a lot of problems. Attestation of a document may generally take one day. A close look at this attestation business reveals the worthlessness of what is involved. In almost all the university hostels/student delegacies, we can find ready-made stamps of a number of authorized officers. These stamps are used freely whenever needed. The candidate presumes that unless the statements being made are found false, the attestation will never be verified. I too feel that this is a distant possibility. So he puts some fake signatures freely. Without repeating Sen's views, I would like to make a few suggestions.
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