and by taking that statement into evidence. His
Majesty’s Government that has the power to take
action and make decision has not even got me to
make statement for the sake of an opportunity of
hearing. The District Administration Office does
not have the power to take action of annulling of
the citizenship, which was taken up by Narayani
Zonal Commissioner’s Office. If had, the action of
annulling of the citizenship taken up from Birgunj,
Parsa is not supposed to be carried on by Makwanpur
District Administration. I am a Nepalese citizen.
Although His majesty’s Government is supposed to
annul the citizenship of false description, it is not
congruent that only the Home Minister has done it
alone. His Majesty’s Government means the Council
of Ministers. In Clause 4 (A) of Nepal Citizenship
Act, 2009, there is legal provision that the children
who were born in Nepal can obtain the citizenship.
The District Administration, Makwanpur has not
been able to say by birth otherwise while sending
upon scrutiny on date 2045/12/20 (April 2, 1989
A.D.). The men of spot investigation have justified
that I was born in Nepal; though from the deeds
including the cases of partition passed by mother
Tara Devi, executed in Makwanpur District Court,
and from my educational certificates also that I am
being seen to be a Nepalese citizen, the decision
made by Home Minister to cancel to make my
citizenship void and the decision of the Appellate
Court, Patan is revocable; hence, the case should
be repeated. Application furnished in this Court by
the defendant, Ashok Kumar Shah, reads as above.
In the present case that has been submitted by
being inducted in the daily cause lists as per Rule,
by studying the document file along with the appeal,
the pleadings made by learned Senior Advocate,
Mr. Mahadev Prasad Yadav and Advocate, Ram
Bandhu Sharma, present on behalf of the appealer,
Ashok Kumar Shah, have been heard including
that Ashok Kumar has obtained citizenship as per
the legal provision of Nepal Citizenship Act, 2009
on the basis of birth in Nepal. There is no situation
of being able to say that he was not born in Nepal.
There is no situation to say a person settled down in
Nepal a foreigner simply because of not obtaining
citizenship. There is no situation that it cannot
be disclosed with the investigation that if he is
not the citizen of Nepal, he is a citizen of which
country; hence, the decision to deprive of the
citizenship is erroneous. The right up to omitting
from the citizenship by cancelling the citizenship is
vested in the Government; the action of including
confiscating the properties and taking court actions
have happened; and should be revoked. Likewise,
the learned Joint- Attorney, Mahesh Thapa, on
behalf of the opponent, the Government of Nepal,
presented the pleading that as the defendant has
made the statement including that the house lies
in Indian State. The father had stayed in Hetauda
since about 2005, hence, it is justified that they are
not Nepalese and obtaining citizenship by two years
old Ashok Kumar is not suitable to the law either;
hence, the decision should be made valid.
Upon hearing the pleadings of the learned legal
professionals and looking into the documents
evidence attached with the document file, decision
is supposed to be made on whether the decision
made by the Appellate Court is congruent or not?
And, whether the appeal pleadings of the appealer
can be sufficient or not?
In this, the matter that right of immovable property
has been handed over after the parents of the
defendant settled down in Nepal have been seen
from the deeds of the dates of 2013/9/17 (December
31, 1956 A.D.) and 2022/12/21 (April 3, 1966 A.D.)
and Ashok Kumar Shah Kalawar of the defendants
is seen to have obtained the Nepalese citizenship
certificate on 2024/8/8 (November 24, 1967 A.D.)
by mentioning the descriptions of being a citizen by
birth as per the provision of the then Clause 4 (A) of
Nepal Citizenship Act, 2009. In the situation that this
same defendant, Ashok Kumar Shah, is being seen to
have possessed the house and settlement in Nepal
by purchasing immovable properties on various
dates after obtaining the Nepalese citizenship
certificate, the interpretive errors of Clause 4 (A)
of Nepal Citizenship Act, 2009, 184 (A) of Court
Procedure and Clauses 3, 54 (A) of Evidence Act,
2034 are seen in the decision of Appellate Court,
Patan that has validated the decision of Home
Ministry made to cancel the Nepalese citizenship
of the defendant, without making evaluation and
analysis of it; hence, the proof of seeing the present
case special leave of appeal has been granted. The
order of the date of 2064/11/17 (February 29, 2008
A.D.) of Division Bench of this Court reads as above.
2. While considering towards the decision, from
the letter of District Administration Office,
Makwanpur, in the action surfaced upon
the charge of the citizenship obtained by a
non-Nepalese citizen including on the basis
that citizenship was obtained by submitting
the false descriptions with relation of birth,
the decision has been made by His Majesty’s
Government, Home Minister to omit him from
the Nepalese citizenship by cancelling the
citizenship certificate of the appealer defendant,
Ashok Kuamr Shah, and the aforementioned
decision is seen to have been made valid by
the Appellate Court, Patan. While making the
statement at District Administration Office,
Makwanpur, this appealer defendant, Ashok
Kumar is seen to have mentioned that his father
had settled down at Chisapani of Hetauda
situated in Makwanpur District since around
2005 B.S. (1948/49 A.D.) and that he was also
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Compilation of Selected Decisions of Supreme Court on
CITIZENSHIP and BIRTH REGISTRATION
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