Implementation of CCA at State Level and District Level Committee through Post Office | DOP OM Dated 13/03/2024

 Implementation of CCA at State Level and District Level Committee through Post Office | DOP OM Dated 13/03/2024

OM No	30-12/2024-D
Dated	13/03/2024
Issued by	Department of Posts
Division	Mail Business Division
Subject	Implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, (CAA) State Level Empowered Committee and District Level Committee for processing of Citizenship application under Section 6B of the Citizenship Act, 1955.

30-12/2024-D

Government of India 

Ministry of Communications

 Department of Posts

(Mail Business Division)

Room No. 350, Dak Bhawan New Delhi - 110001 

Dated 13.03.2024

To

All HoCs

Sub: Implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, (CAA) State Level Empowered Committee and District Level Committee for processing of Citizenship application under Section 6B of the Citizenship Act, 1955.

Sir/Madam,

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was notified on 12.12.2019 (Annexure-A) and came into force w.e.f. 10.01.2020. Ministry of Home Affairs vide Notification GSR No. 172 (E) dated 11.03.2024 (Annexure-B) has notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 inter-alia providing provisions for grant of Indian Citizenship to the persons who are eligible under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

2. Ministry of Home Affairs vide Statutory Order No. 1241(E) dated 11.03.2024 (Annexure-C) has issued order specifying the authority(s) who are required to process/decide the citizenship application preferred by eligible persons in pursuance of Citizenship (Amendment) rules, 2024 read with the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019:-

I.State Level Empowered Committee(SLEC): - For the purposes of sub-rule (1) of rule 11A and rule 13A of the Citizenship Rules, 2009, there shall be an Empowered Committee in the States or Union Territories, which shall be headed by the Director (Census Operations) of the State or Union Territory concerned and shall consist of following officers as members, namely: -

a) an officer in the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India;

b) jurisdictional Foreigners Regional Registration Officer concerned;

c) the State Informatics Officer of National Informatics Centre of the State or Union Territory concerned; and

d) Post Master General of the State or Union Territory concerned or a Postal Officer nominated by the Post Master General not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India;

II.In addition, the following officers shall be invitees of the Empowered Committee, namely: -

a) a representative from the office of Principal Secretary (Home) or Additional Chief Secretary (Home) of the State Government or Union Territory concerned; and

b) a representative of jurisdictional Divisional Railway Manager of Railways. District level Committee (DLC):- for the purposes of sub-rule (3) of rule 11A and sub-rule (3) of rule 38 of the Citizenship Rules, 2009, there shall be a District Level Committee which shall be headed by the jurisdictional Senior Superintendent or Superintendent of Post who shall be the Designated Officer; and shall consist of the following as members, namely:-

a) District Informatics Officer or District Informatics Assistant of the District concerned; and

b) nominee of the Central Government;

3.In addition, the following officers shall be invitees of the District Level Committee, namely: -

III.

a) a representative not below the rank of Naib Tehsildar or equivalent from the Office of District Collector; and

b) jurisdictional Station Master of Railways (subject to availability)

Quorum of each of the above Committees shall be two, including the chair.

In pursuance of Government of India order mentioned above, the respective Director (Census Operation) is requested to seek the nomination of members of State Level empowered Committee and District Level Committee from the Department concerned. Further, Director (Census Operation) has also requested to publish the details of formation of SLEC & DLC in newspapers for wide publicity.

4. The portal application will be processed on a secured https://indiancitizenshiponline.gov.in", which can be accessed through VPN token. Director (Census Operation) and Designated Officer are required to obtain VPN Token to access the secure portal. The instructions and DSC request form for obtaining VPN Token is enclosed as Annexure -D. DSC request form can also be dlownloaded from https://vpn.nic.in. For any clarification in filling up of the form, NIC may be contacted on e-mail: ak.dadhichi@nic.in

5. A copy of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for processing of citizenship applications under Section 6B, Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, (CAA), Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with regard to submission of applications for grant of citizenship under Section 6B of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and Brochure on legal provisions are enclosed for reference as Annexure -- E, F and G respectively for reference.

5. In order to implement the order(s) of MHA dated 12.03.2024 (copy enclosed), the following action points have been identified, which circle has to ensure: