Punjab asks officials to publicise ban of affidavits
July 3rd, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANSChandigarh, July 3 (IANS) The Punjab government has asked all deputy commissioners and sub-divisional magistrates to properly ensure compliance of a ban on seeking affidavits for 89 services, including for registration of marriages and new ration cards as finalised by the state.
A state government spokesman said here Sunday that the government had recently done away with submission of affidavits in all those cases where it was not legally mandatory.
“This is to provide relief to the common masses, who had been spend lot of money and energy for preparing these affidavits,” he said.
He said that ban on affidavits was one of the major recommendation of Punjab Governance Reforms Commission.
The spokesman said that it had come to the notice of the state government that authorities in different districts were not bringing to the knowledge of common people the 89 services for which affidavits have been banned.
Authorities in all 20 districts in Punjab have now been directed to prominently display boards and information about the 89 services for which affidavits are no longer required.
These also include duplicate registration certificate, duplicate licences, cancellation of hire-purchase agreement, release of subsidy on agriculture tools, sanction of loan under Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY), declaration for condoning of shortage of attendance by college students, backward area certificates, rural area certificate, no-dues certificate regarding loan against land, freedom fighter certificate, dependent certificate, addition or deletion of name in ration card and several other services.
Similarly, no affidavit required would be required for issuance of police clearance certificate, sanction of final payment of GPF and medical reimbursement, issuance of surviving family member certificate, employment on compassionate ground, availing of leave travel concession, sanction for approval for higher education, issuance of no-objection certificate for passport by an employee and several other services, the spokesman added.
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