Official Found Guilty of Using Fake Educational Certificate for Government Job

Kathmandu. Shivanarayan Mandal has been convicted on charges of entering government service by presenting a fake educational certificate. The bench comprising Special Court Chairman Sudarshan Dev Bhatta and members Hemanta Rawal and Bidur Koirala convicted Mandal of corruption and sentenced him to a fine of 5,000 rupees.

Shivanarayan Mandal had presented an educational certificate stating he passed the secondary level (equivalent to SLC) from the Bihar School Examination Board, Patna, India, in 1983, with roll number 62-7-360. Based on that certificate, he secured a permanent appointment to the second-class 'Sub-Overseer' post starting from Shrawan 1, 2053 BS.

Upon verifying the authenticity of the certificate through the National Examination Board, Sanothimi, the Bihar School Examination Board informed that the certificate with that roll number belonged to another individual, and Mandal's name was not found in their records.

The court convicted him after Mandal failed to refute the report even during his testimony in court.