The Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, GC Murmu approved simplification in the procedures to enable West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs) avail benefit of one time compensation of Rs 5.5 lakh per family under the rehabilitation package.
As per the decision of the AC, requirement of submission ofsuccession certificate has been dispensed with for all WPRs to claim thebenefit under the rehabilitation package, in case the original WPR entitled forrelief under the package has died.
Instead, now the applicant has to produce a legal heircertificate issued by a Tehsildar. Besides, a copy of any one of theParliamentary voter lists of J&K from 1951 to 1984 may also be accepted asan alternate in case a family did not figure in the 1971/75 voter lists.
The AC has also stressed the Divisional Commissioner Jammuwho is also the nodal officer for speedy implementation of the scheme underthese simplified procedures, to ensure that the disbursement of financialassistance under the one time relief package was completed by or before May 30.