Assam: NRC’s Additional Draft Exclusion list consists 1,02,462 persons

The persons whose names appear in the Additional Draft Exclusions List are those persons whose names were included in the Draft NRC published on July 30, 2018, but have been subsequently found ineligible due to various reasons.

According to the NRC authority, as per provisions contained in Clause 5 of the Schedule of The Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003, an Additional Draft Exclusion List consisting of 1,02,462 persons has been published.

The persons who were found to be DF (Declared Foreigner) or DV (Doubtful Voter) or PFT (persons with cases Pending at Foreigners Tribunals) or their descendants, as applicable, discovered after publication of Draft NRC; persons who were found to be ineligible while appearing as witness in hearings held for disposal of Claims & Objections; persons who were found to be ineligible during the process of verification carried out by the Local Registrars of Citizens Registration (LRCRs) under provisions of Clause 4(3), after publication of Complete Draft NRC on 30th July, 2018 have been appeared in the Additional Draft Exclusion list.

The Additional Draft Exclusion List will not contain the results of claimants and objectees appearing for hearings held for disposal of Claims and Objections during the period Feb 15 to June 26, 2019.

The results of those hearings will be published only in the Final NRC to be published on July 31, 2019.

The NRC authorities said that, starting at 10 am on June 26, the hard copies of the Additional Draft Exclusion list will be available for public view at NRC Seva Kendras (NSK), offices of the Deputy Commissioner/ SDO (Civil)/ Circle Officer during office hours. Particulars of the Additional Draft Exclusion List can also be viewed online in the NRC website www.nrcassam.nic.in.

Those persons who are excluded will also be informed individually through Letters of Information (LOI) to be delivered at their residential addresses along with the reason of exclusion.

Such persons will have the opportunity to file their claims which will be disposed through a hearing by a Disposing Officer.

The submission of Claim and its disposal by the Disposing Officer through a hearing will happen together.

LOI will mention the details of the venue of claim submission cum hearing.

The hearings will start from July 5, 2019 onwards. The date of hearings will also be available online in the NRC website www.nrcassam.nic.in from June 29 onwards and all such Claims will be disposed thereafter and results of such persons will be declared in the Final NRC on July 31 this year.

The Supreme Court has directed the State Coordinator, NRC of Assam and the Union Home ministry to publish the final updated NRC by July 31 this year.

The complete draft of NRC, containing names of 28,983,677 out of 32,991,384 applicants, was published on July 30 last year.

Around 40.07 lakh people were left out from the complete draft of NRC and nearly 36 lakh people have filed their claims for inclusion their names in the final NRC.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)