DC’s to issue Residential Certificates

Prabin Khaling

GANGTOK, November 10: The State government has authorized the district collectors and additional district collectors within their respective jurisdiction to issue Residential Certificates (RCs), which is already a contentious issue with the opposition parties here.

 

Despite the uproar raised by the opposition parties over the RC drive, the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government has gone ahead and has recently defined the categories under which a person is eligible to get the RC. The RCs will be issued by the concerned district collectors and additional district collectors on the recommendations of the gram or nagar panchayat and after police verification.

 

A recent notification informs that a person who has established beyond that he or she was a resident of Sikkim as on April 26, 1975 and has been residing here since then is eligible for a RC. The natural legal descendants of such persons are also entitled to get their RCs.

 

source:voice of sikkim