While 784 ‘domicile certificates’ were issued to West Pakistan Refugees (WRPs) till 2012, the State government ordered revenue officials to ensure no WRP was “harassed” in providing category certificates like SC (Schedule Caste), ALC (actual line of Control) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), according to documents accessed by the news agency GNS. The Union Home Ministry’s Joint Secretary (J&K), Gyanesh Kumar, on 20 September 2016 wrote a letter to state’s Chief Secretary, B R Sharma, for “necessary directions” to the field level officers in this regard. “This is in continuation…
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