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RTE Rules Proof of Residence

9. Proof of Residence:
(1) Any of the following documents may be taken for proof of Residence to decide
whether the child belongs to the neighborhood or not:
 (a) Ration Card,
 (b) Pattadar Pass Book,
 (c) Electricity Bill,
 (d) House-Tax Receipt or extract of the House-Tax register maintained by the
 Gram Panchayat / Municipality / Corporation.
 (e) Telephone Bill if any or
 any other document as specified by the Government from time to time
(2) The areas or limits of neighborhood specified in sub-rule (1) of rule 5 shall
apply to admissions made in pursuance of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section
12 of the Act;
 Provided that if the requisite percentage of seats for children referred to in
clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Act is not filled up, the area or
limits shall extend to 3 kms for the purpose; Provided further that the school may,
for the purposes of filling up the requisite percentage of seats for children referred
to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 12, extend the limit with prior
permission of the District Educational Officer. Provided further that before
extending the limits of the local area, the Mandal Educational Officer shall ensure
that all the seats in the Government School have been filled up.
(3) The Chairperson of the School Management Committee shall maintain a list of
the children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections in the
neighborhood area of every private school and specified category schools within
his/her jurisdiction.
(4) The following order of preference shall be followed by the schools covered by
sub. Clauses II, III, IV of Clause (n) of Section 2 of the Act in admitting the
children referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of sub section (1) of section 12 of the
said Act.
 (a) Disadvantaged groups:
 Orphans, HIV affected and disabled = 5%
 SC = 10%
 ST = 4%
 (b) Weaker sections which includes others
 viz., BC, Minorities, OCs (whose annual
 income does not exceed Rs. 60,000/- per
 annum) = 6%
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 Total = 25%
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Note: 1) The above arrangement of reservation in sequential order is applicable to
private schools in plain areas. Where orphans, HIV affected and
disabled are not available or available only to a certain extent such
vacancies will be filled by STs and SCs. After exhausting all
applications for admission of Orphans, HIV affected and disabled, SC
and ST if any seats remain unfilled such seats will be added to the
percentage of weaker sections.
2) In Tribal areas, all ST children should be admitted first. After exhausting
applications of ST children, SC children may be admitted. After
exhausting the SC, the remaining seats will be filled by others.
 3) In Minority institutions, all candidates belonging to minority concerned
should be considered for filling first. After exhausting applications of
Minorities the left over seats may be filled in the order of ST, SC and BC.