Nepal Citizenship Rule, 2063, description is seen
to have been mentioned that in the place where
name, surname and address of father or mother
of the citizenship of the person, whose paternity/
maternity is not known, the patron’ name, surname,
address shall have to be mentioned, indicating
the description that paternity maternity has not
been traced, and under 10 of the aforementioned
Procedural Directives, 2063 in the Chapter of the
names of parents, mentioning “paternity/maternity
has not been traced”, patron’s name, surname,
address shall have to be disclosed.
debate, pleading has been presented that the
provision has been made in Sub-rule (3) of Rule 3 of
Nepalese Citizenship Rule, 2063 so as to affect in the
enforcement of the fundamental rights conferred by
the Constitution by hooking the provision made by
Sub-clause (3) of Clause 3 of Nepal Citizenship Act,
2063 itself. The legal provision of Sub-rule (6) of the
aforementioned Rule 3 has not made the provision
that person found within the borders of Nepal
but having paternity maternity not known shall
not obtain citizenship. It has made the provision
up to that patron’s name, surname and address
shall have to be mentioned in it by indicating the
description that paternity maternity has not been
traced. The petitioner is seen to have challenged
that the aforementioned provision is also voidable.
Upon considering pertaining to that, it is seen in the
affidavit submitted on behalf of Home Ministry that
the matter of the paternity/maternity not known are
to be recorded in the record only and circular has
been already made to all the District Administration
Offices so as to leave the aforementioned Chapter in
the citizenship; hence, it is not necessary to carry out
constitutional examination of the aforementioned
provision. Hence, the provisions of Sub-rule (6) and
Rule 3 of the Rule and Point No. 10 of Citizenship
Certificate Distribution Directives, 2063 are not
seen to have been insistent being incongruent to
Sub-articles (2), (3), 12, 13, 22 of Article 8 of the
Constitution and Sub-clause (3) of Clause 3 of Nepal
Citizenship Act, 2063.
The aforementioned provision is not seen to have
deprived the legal right to be able to obtain the
citizenship through the paternity maternity not
known and patronage. Only in connection that
name of father or mother shall have to be mentioned
in the citizenship certificate, it has been just said
that paternity maternity have not been traced. It
is not sufficient to just say that the provision made
in any Rule is inconsistent with mother Act and
Constitution. If it is said to have been inconsistent,
the duty to rule out with logic and evidence is
upon the writ petition himself. In the situation of
improper restriction upon the fundamental rights
conferred by the Constitution, the provisions of
the Rule arranged so as to restrict are supposed
to be declared void by this Court by carrying out
constitutional examination. The fact is known that
the provisions of the Rule that are inconsistent with
the mother Act are being made invalid by being
declared void by this Court till today on the basis
of that. Moreover, until it can be get justified clearly
stating that the law or any of its provision challenged
has been inconsistent with a certain provision of the
Constitution, this Court does not declare such law
or any provision of the law void.
Upon considering towards the second issue, an
application is seen to have been furnished by the
petitioner, Amrit Kumar Sharma, in the District
Administration Office, Kathmandu in order to
obtain the citizenship certificate by attaching the
photocopy of Prajpati Sharma (Timsina). In No.6
of the application form filled up by him for the
sake of citizenship, the description that “identity
of paternity has not been disclosed” is seen to have
been mentioned in the Chapter where the father’s
name, surname are to be mentioned. In Sub-clause
(3) of Clause 3 of Nepal Citizenship Act, 2063, there is
provision that the person having paternity maternity
not known shall obtain citizenship certificate on
the basis of descent. The matter that the paternity/
maternity of this petitioner, Amrit Kumar Sharma,
not known comes to have been supported by the
documents including birth registration certificate
submitted.
There is no debate on the fact that the bases and
processes of conferring citizenship certificate are
determined by the Constitution of Nepal, 2063 and
prevailing Nepal law. The procedural directives
claimed void is not seen to have hooked in the
person’s substantive rights to obtain citizenship.
This is seen to have been made provision just on
what kinds of procedures and processes are to be
fulfilled in order to obtain the citizenships. Nepal has
maintain clear and consistent policy on citizenship
in the constitution itself, and sovereignty, national
independence and integrity of Nepal; and to
maintain unfathomable patriotism of the Nepalese
people uninterrupted, it is necessary to adopt the
aforementioned policy pertaining to citizenship.
Pertaining to the petitioner’s citizenship, District
Administration Office, Kathmandu is seen to
have refused to confer the citizenship on date
2070/4/9 on the basis that the patron Prajapati
Sharma (Timsina) has not been the patron of Amrit
Kumar Sharma as per law, and parents’ names,
surnames and addresses have not been mentioned
Rule is a policy document to be formed to fulfill
the objective of the Act. The rights not provisioned
in the Acts are not kept by adding in the Rule.
If provisioned to affect in the substantive rights
negatively by adding, that is voidable. In this
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