Assam NRC : Process of filing claims and objections to start tomorrow
Guwahati, Sept 24(IBNS) : The process of filing claims and objections for 40 lakh people, who were left out in the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, will start on September 25.
The process, taking place following a Supreme Court order, will continue for 60 days.
The complete NRC draft was published on July 30 by including the names of 2.89 crore people out of 3.29 crore applicants in Assam.
The NRC updating process is going on to find out illegal foreigners residing in Assam.
Around 2500 NRC Seva Kendras in the state are now ready to receive claims and objections from the people whose names were excluded from the complete draft. More than 20,000 NRC employees are engaged in the process.
The apex court has decided to drop five documents for preparing the modalities of the Standard Operating Procedure for dealing with claims and objections.
The five documents are - the 1951 NRC, pre-1971 voters’ lists, citizenship certificate, refugee registration certificate and ration cards.
The claims can be filed based on ten documents and these are - Land documents like Registered Sale Deed, Records of land rights up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Permanent Residential Certificate issued from outside the State up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Passport issued by the Government of India up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Life Insurance Corporation of India Insurance Policy (LICI) of relevant period up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Any licence/certificate issued by any government authority of relevant period i.e. up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Document showing service/employment under Government/Public Sector undertaking up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Bank/Post Office Accounts of relevant period i.e. up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Birth certificates issued by the competent authority up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Educational certificate issued by Board/Universities up to March 24, 1971 (midnight), Records/processes pertaining to court up to March 24, 1971 (midnight) provided they are parts of a processing in a judicial or revenue court.
Various political parties and organisations in the state are not satisfied with the SC directive to drop the documents, which are among the listed 15 documents.
The SC will hear the issue on October 23 till whichthe claims can be filed based on 10 documents.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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