12.5 lakh
certificates issued; over 99% of those issued Domiciles are erstwhile PRC
holders
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Srinagar: The Jammu
and Kashmir Government today informed that the issuance of Domicile
Certificates have been accelerated as about 12.5 lakh of these certificates
have been issued so far with over 99 percent being erstwhile PRC holders.
Addressing a press conference
here, Principal Secretary Power Development Department and Information
Department, Rohit Kansal, who is also Government spokesperson said that the
process of issuance of Domicile Certificates is picking up rapidly and
certificate issuance is being monitored regularly.
Kansal was flanked by
Principal Secretary and Financial Commissioner Revenue, Dr Pawan Kotwal and
Director Information and Public Relations, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar.
“About 12.5 lakh Domicile
Certificates have been issued so far. Over 99% of those issued certificates
include erstwhile PRCs or including Kashmiri Pandit migrants. The process of
issuance will be further accelerated and the issuance will be monitored to
ensure that pendency is brought down to the lowest,” Mr Kansal informed.
He added that so far 11398 West
Pakistan Refugees, 415 Valmiki community members, 10 Gorkha community members
and 12340 Registered Migrants have been issued Domicile Certificates.
Giving a background about the
Domicile Certificate procedure, he said that the Government had notified the
Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules, 2020, which
is the basic eligibility condition for appointment to any post under the Union
Territory of Jammu and Kashmir following amendments in the Jammu and Kashmir
Civil Services (Decentralization and Recruitment) Act, 2010.
Kansal reaffirmed that the
rules provide a simple and time bound procedure for the issuance of the
Domicile Certificate so that no one is put to any inconvenience, besides there
are provisions for time bound issuance for certificates including an Appellate
Authority whose orders will be binding as well as who has revisional powers.
“The rules have a provision
that applications for grant of Domicile Certificate can be submitted either
physically or electronically online. The Competent Authority can also issue
domicile certificate(s) electronically,” he said.
He also mentioned that the
Permanent Residents of the erstwhile State of J&K in whose favour Permanent
Resident Certificate (PRC) has been issued by the competent authority before
October 31, 2019 shall be eligible for receiving their Domicile Certificates on
the basis of PRCs alone and no other additional document shall be required for
such residents.
Similarly, he noted that for
Kashmiri migrants, a very simple procedure has been prescribed for they can get
the Domicile certificate on production of either a PRC or Certificate of
registration of migrant and added that further for bonafide migrants and
bonafide displaced persons who have migrated but have not registered with the
relief department, there is a special limited provision for registration.
He further explained that in
order to further simplify the process and ensure issuance of domicile in the
bare minimum time, the Government has issued a notification SO 263 dated: 25th
of August, 2020 whereby the Competent Authority has been bound to issue the
Domicile Certificates provided under clause 1(a) and clause 4(a) within a
period of five working days from the date such application is received by it.
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