MYSORE: In the light of the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) giving birth certificate to a suspected Pakistani militant following a court order, senior officials of the corporation say that the courts should seek police verification before issuing orders for such certificates.

60 applications

It is learnt that the corporation receives around 60 applications every month for birth certificates following directives from the judicial magistrate court from where the applicants secure an order.

In the light of this, the court can order for a police verification to check the antecedents of those seeking birth certificates.

Registration

Under the Karnataka Birth and Death Registration Act, those who have not registered their birth within a year could approach courts that would order for the registration of the same by the respective corporations or urban local bodies.

Shifted

Sources said that till 1984, the Executive Magistrate or the Assistant Commissioner was in charge of such cases, and later this responsibility was shifted to judicial magistrate courts.

Normally, births are registered within 21 days and the corporation is intimated by the hospitals, and families intimate it if the birth takes place at home.

For births that are not registered within 21 days, an affidavit declaring the birth should be submitted to the city corporation within 365 days for the issue of birth certificate.

Verification

Mysore City Corporation Commissioner K.N. Chandrashekar told The Hindu that the court should order for a police verification to check the antecedents of applicants in suspected cases.

Normally, the city corporation would not contest the claims of individuals who approached the court for birth certificates, Mr. Chandrashekar said.

Staff shortage

Senior officials said the city corporation could not go to court every time when such a case came up owing to the shortage of employees.

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