Who all are called as gazetted officers in India?

 A Gazette officer is a person who is an officer in the Indian Government service, the signature, stamp, and official seal of which is necessary for verifying and attesting the important documents certified copies, and/or photographs of the person for the central and state government. He can be understood as a High-level public employee. The gazetted officer’s acts are considered as an authorized witness for the document verification.

Many applications for government sector jobs require the signature and attestation by the gazetted officer. The gazetted officer does not necessarily have to be an employee of the government. The qualification or requirement is that the individual should be vested with the power to take official actions and serve his duties and the charges for these services are fixed by the government of India. Therefore, the pay and the services rendered are directly relational to each other.

They are considered as representatives of the Indian States and the President. The person will be called gazetted if the name has been published in the Gazette of India or the Gazette of any state government. This gazette of India is published by the Directorate of Printing, Department of Publication which is under the Ministry of Urban Development of Government of India.

Gazetted Officers are executive/managerial level ranked government officers 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.

1. Class I or Group A (Gazetted and Executive officers who can attest the documents):

This class consists of the highest class of government servants who are ranked from level 1 to 10 in the Civilian and Defence Pay Matrices, which includes:

1. Class II or Group B (Gazetted officers who can attest):

• Section Officers;
• Assistant Executive Engineers;
• BDO (Block Development Officers);
• Tahsildars;
• Junior Doctors in Government Hospitals;
• Magistrates;

1. Any officer of notary or Nagar Sevak or SEO is not included in Gazetted Officer
2. There are two other categories Group C and Group D which includes non-gazetted officer. Group A and Group B can attest the documents.
3. The attesting officer should attest the documents in blue ink only. It will be only valid if it has a stamp of the attesting officer and the department or organization present.
4. For verification for the issue of passport, it can only be done by Group A gazetted officer only who are under the rank of Secretary/Dy. Director (Level 11 and above).

Gazetted officers are the Central or State government officers who are recruited by the sign of President of India or Governor of respective State respectively.
The stamp of the Gazetted officers comes from either Governor of respective states or the President of India.