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(*r) 3 n % ^ ^ ^ ^ r T % 3 i f ^ ^ R ^ m T T , w f ^ r , ^^-m^^f^^m ^ w w t t t ^ w (*) ^ (T) * *fS*rf%<r xrSffM # £to- fMWf ^ ^ u$m m r̂ * ^ S T ^ f* r ^ f ^ ^ , [W. tf. 26030/266/2014-^i^-II ( M . ) ] MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ORDER New Delhi, the 23rd December, 2016 S.O. 4132(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), the Central Government hereby directs that powers exercisable by it, for registration as a citizen of India under section 5 or for grant of certificate of naturalisation under section 6 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, in respect of any person belonging to minority community in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, namely, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians (herein this Order referred to as “the applicant”), residing in the States of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and Union territory of Delhi, shall also be exercisable by—
(a) the Collector, within whose jurisdiction the applicant is ordinarily resident, in relation to the districts of—
(i) Raipur in the State of Chhattisgarh;
(ii) Ahemdabad, Gandhinagar and Kutch in the State of Gujarat;
(iii) Bhopal and Indore in the State of Madhya Pradesh;
(iv) Nagpur, Mumbai, Pune and Thane in the State of Maharashtra;
(v) Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Jaipur in the State of Rajasthan;
(vi) Lucknow in the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
(vii) West Delhi and South Delhi in the Union territory of Delhi; and [*(FT II— <aus 3(ii)] TO m J^m : <mm°\ 3
(b) the Secretary of the Department of Home of the State or the Union territory, as the case may be, within whose jurisdiction the applicant is ordinarily resident, in relation to districts not covered under clause (a), in accordance with the provisions of the Citizenship Rules, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), subject to the following conditions, namely:— (A) the application for registration as citizen of India or grant of certificate of naturalisation as citizen of India under the said rules is made by the applicant online;
(B) the verification of the application is done simultaneously by the Collector or the Secretary, as the case may be, at the district level and the State level and the application and the reports thereon shall be made accessible simultaneously to the Central Government;
(C) the Collector or the Secretary, as the case may be, makes such inquiry as he considers necessary for ascertaining the suitability of the applicant and for that purpose forward the application online to such agencies for verification and comments as may be required under the instructions issued by the Central Government in this regard;
(D) the comments of the agencies referred to in clause (C) are uploaded online by such agencies and accessible to the Collector or the Secretary, as the case may be, and the Central Government;
(E) the Collector or the Secretary, as the case may be, on being satisfied with the suitability of the applicant, grant him the citizenship of India by registration or naturalisation and issue a certificate of registration or naturalisation, as the case may be, signed by the Collector or the Secretary, as the case may be, in the Form as prescribed in the said rules; and (F) the Collector and the Secretary shall maintain a register, in accordance with the said rules, containing the details of persons so registered or naturalised as a citizen of India and furnish a copy thereof to the Central Government within seven days of such registration or naturalisation.
2. All applications for citizenship of India in respect of persons referred to in this Order, which is pending before the Central Government immediately before the publication of this Order in the Official Gazette, shall be transferred by the Central Government to the Collector or the Secretary, as the case may be.
3. This Order shall be in force for a period of two years from the date of the publication of this Order in the Official Gazette.
[F. No. 26030/266/2014-IC-II (S.O.)] MUKESH MITTAL, Jt. Secy.
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