Domicile Certificate

- Institutional certificate of the CCI (form VIII A) - Aadhar card of child (if available) - An Affidavit from a notary and

For children under the care of CCIs in Delhi: In Delhi, officials in Tehsildar office did not mention about special consideration in applying for caste certificate for children under the care of CCIs. In cases children have parents or any paternal side blood relative who own a caste certificate will be considered as a valid document in applying SC/ST/OBC certificate for CCI children. Relevant acceptable documents for children in CCIs in Delhi are, - Copy of caste certificate of Father (or any paternal side blood relative such as, sibling, uncle, aunt, cousins etc.). Certificate of mother or any relative from mother’s side will not be accepted. If mother is separated or in case of death of father also, documental proof of paternal side will only be considered. - ID proof of the person whose certificate is furnished - Relationship of the child with the person whose care certificate is furnished - Child’s ID proof (Aadhar/ PAN/10th class marksheet or School Transfer Certificate) - Residence proof of the child (if parents residence proof is not available, proof of child’s staying in the CCI in a declaration from Head of the CCI in the organization’s official letterhead)

What is the procedure for disposal in case of street children, especially for Orphan Children with no documentary evidence?

For children in CCIs of Kolkata with no documental proof of parents -

In case of street children, especially orphan, Home Superior (CCI head) can provide a letter from the organizations mentioning about the joining of the children in the CCI and tenure of stay. If the child is orphan and staying in CCI for last 10 years, Collector can consider issuing Domicile Certificate to the children based on the CCI’s address proof. The organization has to apply for their children in the prescribed proforma along with letters from organizations addressing the District Collector of Kolkata.

In case children have parents and the parents stay in different district, whereas children

stay in CCIs in Kolkata, the CCI’s address proof will not be considered as valid supporting document. This is because the children are not the permanent residence of CCI as parents have places of stay in other districts. In such cases, District Collector of the district of parents’ location can issue the domicile certificate. The District Collector office will arrange police

inquiry in parents’ location to check resident of the parents in a particular location, even if the children do not stay with parents. In case of no documental proof of either parents or children, three documents can be furnished by the organization such as, i) A written declaration/bonafide certificate by School Management stating the details of the children and how long the children are studying in the school; ii) A letter in the Organization letterhead addressing the District Collector requesting to issue Domicile Certificate for the children, mentioning tenure of stay and date of joining of the children in the CCI; iii) A letter from the counsellor of the locality where the CCI is situated along with the application form. Based on these three documents, police inquiry will be done by sending Inspectors to the CCIs to physically verify the presence of the children. In cases where schools cannot provide Bonafilde certificates for children, cross verification will be done by Police to the school as well as CCIs before issuing domicile certificates to children.

For children in CCIs of Bihar with no documental proof of parents -

The CCI where children are staying for longer time (more than 3 years) can apply for Domicile certificate of children under care of the CCI. Apart from following the same procedure for application, such as visiting block offices to collect application form and filling up the details of the children, following documents need to be furnished for children who are Homeless - Aadhar card of the child (if not available, then Aadhar card copy of the head of the organization) - Address proof of the organization, since parents do not have a house or are shelter-less - The copy of licensing organization (under Society Registration Act and Juvenile Justice Act) In case of children who have parents and the parents have some shelter (rented accommodation or own house), then the following documents are to be furnished along with filled-in application form: - Aadhar card of children or parents. If neither children nor parents have Aadhar card, an undertaking from organization has to be given mentioning that children do not have

Aadhar card. - Electricity bill of the landlord (Need to write as temporary address in the form).

For children in CCIs of Delhi with no documental proof of parents –

In Delhi, Domicile Certificates are issued to children upon furnishing Proof of children’s stay in CCI in last 3 years. Documents required for application for children who are orphan or whose parents do not have proper shelters or are homeless: 1. Age proof of the child (School Marksheet/ T.C./ Bonafide certificate or letter from Head of the School in the official letterhead) 2. Address proof of the CCI 3. CWC Letter verifying address of the CCI where children are placed since at least 3 years 4. ID proof of child (Aadhar Card/ Voter ID card)

In case of YAs (18+ age group) who moved from the CCIs and staying in different accommodation, the address the places of stay of YA and address of the CCI (if YAs are not staying for 3 years or more in their present places of stay) to be furnished along with filled-in application form, in order to apply for Domicile Certificates.

For children in CCIs of Telangana with no documental proof of parents -

In cases where children do not have documental proof of parents but stay in the CCIs, the CCIs need to apply for children in MeeSeva centres in Telangana with filled-in application form and furnishing documents such as; - Adhaar card of child - Ration card of parents - Study certificate/ bonafide or a writing by Head of the school in official letterhead - Organization’s address proof since the child stay in the CCI - A letter from head of the Organization about duration of stay of the child into that CCI. With all these documents the nearest MeeSeva centre can be approached. The MeeSeva official will upload the documents online after payment of fee (Rs.10 per form) and provide an acknowledgment number for each application. Tehsildars in Mandal Revenue Offices are the verifying officials before issuing the certificates to the children in CCIs.

For children in CCIs of Karnataka with no documental proof of parents –

In Karnataka, the application form can be collected from Taluka office or downloaded from Nadakechari website portal. In case of children of CCI without any parental documents, the organization can fill up the details of children in application forms and arrange the supporting documents such as; - Address proof of the CCI (since children are staying in CCIs, instead of parents). - Age proof of the child (School Marksheet/ T.C./ Bonafide certificate or letter from Head of the School in the official letterhead)

- CWC Letter verifying address of the CCI where children are placed and tenure of the stay of children in the CCI - ID proof of child (Aadhar Card/ Voter ID card) In Karnataka, Domicile certificates are issued to the applicants who are residence of the particular address for at least 10 years. However, for children staying in CCIs for less than 10 year, the issuance of the certificate would be considered by the authority, as per the officials in Revenue Department.