Assam State NRC Coordinator has moved the Supreme Court seeking complete, comprehensive and time bound re-verification of the draft as well as the supplementary list of NRC saying some glaring anomalies have been noticed.
An intervention application filed by Hitesh Dev Sharma in the pending matter before the top court has also sought direction for the re-verification to be done under the supervision of monitoring committee in the respective districts and such committee may be preferably represented by the respective district judge, district magistrate and superintendent of police.
Sharma, who has earlier worked as Executive Director, National Register of Citizenship (NRC), Assam from May, 2014 to February, 2017 was appointed as state coordinator of NRC on December 24, 2019 after his predecessor Prateek Hazela was transferred in October, 2019.
Coordinator moves SC for reverification of draft NRC
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National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has filed a petition before the Supreme Court – which is monitoring the NRC process – seeking a comprehensive and time-bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as its supplementary list.
National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has filed a petition before the Supreme Court – which is monitoring the
NRC process – seeking a comprehensive and time-bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as its supplementary list.
In the plea, Sarma prayed for appropriate direction from the top court for the process to be undertaken under Clause 4(3) of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules 2003. He sought re-verification under the supervision of a monitoring committee, preferably represented by the respective District Judge, District Magistrate and Su
Gauhati HC stays sacking of NRC workers in Assam
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Asserting that there is no provision of further funding to a request for Rs 3.22 Crore per month for carrying forward the NRC work, RGI has asked the office of the state co coordinator may be shifted to state government building and staff may be taken off.
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The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 Junior Assistants (JA) who were working on Contractual basis in the updation of National Register of Citizens (
In March this year Registrar General of India (RGI) had asked the Assam government to complete NRC updation within March 31, 2021.
Gauhati High Court stays termination of 252 NRC workers
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Guwahati, May 7 : The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 Junior Assistants engaged on contract basis to update Assam s National Register of Citizens (NRC), as monitored by the Supreme Court.
The JAs were served a termination notice on March 26, three days after the Registrar General of India ordered the closure of the NRC office in Assam and refused to sanction funds after March 31.
The JAs were engaged in February 2015 at the district, sub-division and circle levels with fixed monthly remuneration for NRC-related works.
Court stays sacking of 252 Assam NRC workers
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They were given notice on March 26, saying their service will be terminated from April 30
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They were given notice on March 26, saying their service will be terminated from April 30
The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 junior assistants who had been employed on contract for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
They were served the termination notice on March 26, three days after the Registrar General of India (RG) ordered the closure of the NRC office in Assam and declined to sanction any fund after March 31. They had been appointed at the district, sub-division and circle levels in February 2015 with fixed monthly remuneration after the process of inducting them beg