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Srinagar, March 28, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, putting a question mark over seriousness of successive regimes in securing special identity of Jammu and Kashmir, the State Subject Inquiry Commission has confirmed to have, so far, detected at least 50 cases of non-Kashmiris possessing Permanent Residence Certificates (PRC).
The Chairman of State Subject Inquiry Commission, Justice (retd) A Q Parray in a media interview said that the body had received thousands of complaints and was presently looking into the cases of 1300 fake Permanent Residence Certificates due to shortage of staff.
He complained that the dearth of manpower was impeding normal functioning of what he said the overburdened body.
“After following proper procedure, serving notices against whom complaints were filed and calling records from the Revenue Department, ….we have identified 50 cases of fake PRCs, so far.”
“We have also recommended cancellation of PRCs issued to 67 other persons as respondents did not turn up despite repeated summons served to them,” he added.
The Commission was constituted in 1999 following the widespread complaints about the non-Kashmiris managing to get Permanent Residential Certificates fraudulently.
The PRC traces its birth to Dogra rule. Its genesis lies in the notification dated 20th April, 1927, No. 1-L/84 issued by Maharaja Hari Singh.
The Chairman further said that the bulk of complaints had come from the Jammu region. “About 97 percent allegations of such nature are from Jammu and 3 percent are from Valley,” he added.
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