establishing the descendant. Further, all the facilities and services have been provided on the basis of equality without any discrimination. Therefore, the order should not be issued and the writ petition should be quashed. on the ground of race and untouchability, the office is treating equally to all, and therefore, the writ petition should be quashed. District Administration Office Surkhet in its written reply has stated that no arbitrary act has been done and no discrimination and unequal treatment has been made on the ground of race against any community in the process of enforcing the policy of His Majesty’s Government. Citizenship certificate has been provided immediately and other services has been delivered in easy manner to the people of every caste and community if sufficient proof as required by the law has been submitted. Every act performed by the office has been carried out according the law and the writ petition should be quashed. District Administration Office Dang in its written reply has stated that the Dalit communities have not been deprived form carrying out occupation or business that are carried out by other communities. The functions and proceedings to be carried out by the office have been performed as per the law in force. No discrimination has been made while performing any act on the ground that it belongs to the Dalit. Dalit communities and other Nepali citizens have been provided citizenship certificate without any discrimination when they come to file application for obtain Nepal citizenship based on the surname (family name) mentioned in the citizenship certificate obtained by their father, mother and brothers, after filling up the form as per the schedule. Therefore, there exists no condition to issue writ and the writ petition should be quashed. District Administration Office Bara in its written reply has stated that the office has been carrying out its act according to the prevailing Constituting, Act, Rules and Circulars. The office has not inflicted any type of harm to the people of Dalit Communities to live their life with dignity. Therefore, the writ petition should be quashed. District Administration Office Sankhuvasabha in its written reply has stated that the matters mentioned in the writ petition from paragraph 1 to 9 are not related to District Administration Office. In the paragraph 10 of the writ petition, it is blamed that while the people of Dalit communities come to obtain citizenship certificate it is provided only by mentioning the so called occupational caste. It has also been blamed that while applying for citizenship certificate has been provided by compulsorily mentioning occupational caste/race. In this regard, citizenship certificates have been provided as per the request of the applicants based on the proofs presented with the application. In case a person, who has already obtained the citizenship certificate applies for making correction of surname (family name) pursuant to the Section 6 (b) of the Chapter 6 of the Citizenship Distribution Directives, 2061 issued from the Ministry of Home Affairs, such surname (family name) is corrected causing them to present substantial proofs showing the surname (family name). The blame made upon the office is untrue and baseless. Therefore, the writ petition should be quashed. District Administration Office Baglung, in its written reply, has stated that upon receiving the application for obtaining citizenship certificates by correcting the surname (family name), the certificate has been issued as per the letter of Ministry of Home Ref. No. 281 dated 2056/11/17 addressing to the Nepal Dalit Organization, Central Office Teku, and the letter of the same Ministry Ref. No. 91 dated 2061/5/31 addressed to the National Dalit Commission, Thapathali relating to the notification. Therefore, the writ petition should be quashed. District Administration office Udayapur in its written response has stated that citizenship certificates have been distributed in the district according to the decision of the His Majesty’s Government dated 2052/4/4 (July 20, 1995) distributing the citizenship certificate on the basis of surname (family name). Therefore, the writ petition is untrue and should be quashed. District Administration Office Taplegung in its written reply has stated that citizenship certificate has been issued from the office not on the ground of caste/race. It is issued on the basis of surname (family name) pursuant to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 2047 (1990), Citizenship Act,2020(1963), the Citizenship Rules, 2049 (1994) and the decision and order of His Majesty’s Government, Council of Ministers made from time to time. The citizenship certificate has been issued from the office according to the circular issued form the Ministry of Home dated 2052/4/21 (August 6, 1995), based on the decision of His Majesty’s Government dated District Administration Office Bajhang in its written reply has stated that the blame that the office has compelled the people of Dalit communities to spell occupational caste/race while obtaining citizenship certificate is false. The office has neither deprived the people of Dalit communities from the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal and nor these rights have been violated. The office has been performing the acts respecting the human dignity. No discrimination has been made 9 Compilation of Selected Decisions of Supreme Court on CITIZENSHIP and BIRTH REGISTRATION

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents