No want for applicant to be current for PCC, says Kerala police chief

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: State police chief Anil Kant has barred district police chiefs or station home officers (SHO) from rejecting the purposes for police clearance certificates (PCC) simply because the applicant didn’t flip up in individual for verification.

The round issued by the SPC stated there isn’t any statutory requirement that the applicant ought to be current for the issuance of the PCC. However, the cops who’re deployed to conduct verification usually insist on the presence of the applicant in individual leading to pointless hardships to the general public, the round stated.

The PCC is an official doc issued to Indian nationals from the police stations or from the district police chiefs vouching that the applicant has no prison background. The PCC is a should for acquiring jobs and visas in different nations.

Though the police pointers didn’t make it obligatory for the candidates to look in individual for verification, it has been observed that the officers usually reject the requests demanding the bodily presence of the candidates. 

This demand most frequently lands those that are overseas in soup as they don’t have any different possibility however to hurry again to the state to get the PCC.

The SPC identified that insisting the candidates to show up personally whereas making use of has prompted many to forge PCC and therefore if there are legitimate causes, then the bodily presence of the candidates shouldn’t be insisted upon.

“The objective of the guidelines issued vide reference cited was to ensure that common people get the services promptly and with ease. But the insistence on physical appearance of the applicant can defeat this objective,” the round learn.

As per the prevailing pointers, PCC for UAE job visas ought to be issued by the SHOs, whereas the remainder ought to be issued by the district police chiefs. The PCC ought to be issued ideally inside three days of the receipt of the purposes in regular circumstances.