27 Nov Committee wants Pink Card process expedited and implemented judiciously

GANGTOK, 26 May: The 27th November Committee, Gangtok, has submitted a letter to the Secretary, Land Revenue and Disaster Management Department and the Chief Minister requesting the government for a careful scrutiny before issuing Pink Cards.
This, the committee contends, is to prevent any kind of manipulation during the process of issuing Pink Cards. The letter argues, “the government is issuing Residential Certificates to old settlers in the state who can justify their stay in the state prior to 26/04/1975 under the ambit of same notification issuing COI to 5 (five) categories of people. With the issue of RC the chances of dilution of SSC is increased”.
The letter informs about 31,180 false SSC/COI holders, further holds, “in order to nullify false SSCs and COIs, government should issue pink cards to real Sikkimese and issue a notification to nullify SSCs/COIs not accompanied with Pink Cards. This will save the Sikkim Subject and benefit given by State and Central government to Sikkimese will go to the genuine ones”.
The committee has also expressed its readiness to render free services to the government for issuing of Pink Card, if required.