The Madras High Court disposed of a Petition filed seeking direction the respondents to provide Citizenship to children born in refugee camps situated in Tamil Nadu under Section 3 to 6 of Indian Citizenship (Amendment Act) 2003.
The Petition is filed by one V.Ravikumar.
B.Manimaran ,Counsel for the petitioner submits that the persons born to the Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka in the refugee camps situated in Tamil Nadu are required to be provided with citizenship. On the wrong premise, the applications filed are rejected. The provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 have not been properly construed by the respondent authorities.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that the prayer made in the petition is too general in nature. The same is bereft of any details.
“The details of a person born in refugee camp, date of birth, names of parents, etc. are not placed on record. The person aggrieved will have to give details of his/her name; place of birth, names of parents, etc., so as to take a decision on that application. The affected person may file such an application to the authorities concerned, which application may be considered by the authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and all other relevant statutes”, the Court observed.