{"id":56433,"date":"2019-06-20T19:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56433"},"modified":"2019-06-20T19:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:30:15","slug":"madras-high-court-directive-to-centre-on-citizenship-plea-of-lankan-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-high-court-directive-to-centre-on-citizenship-plea-of-lankan-refugees","title":{"rendered":"Madras High Court directive to Centre on citizenship plea of Lankan refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court Thursday directed the Centre to pass appropriate orders within 16 weeks on a petition filed by 65 Sri Lankan Tamils, residing in a refugee camp in Tiruchirapalli district for the past 35 years, seeking grant of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T185857.794.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"184\" data-attachment-id=\"56434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-high-court-directive-to-centre-on-citizenship-plea-of-lankan-refugees\/download-2019-06-20t185857-794\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T185857.794.jpg?fit=275%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,184\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download &amp;#8211; 2019-06-20T185857.794\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T185857.794.jpg?fit=275%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T185857.794.jpg?fit=275%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T185857.794.jpg?resize=275%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T185857.794.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T185857.794.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>Disposing of the petition by the refugees of Kottapattu camp, who had arrived in the state in 1983 from the island nation after the ethnic strife intensified, Justice G R Swaminathan said they have amply demonstrated that they had the intention to make India their permanent home.<\/p>\n<p>He also likened their situation to the Hindu mythological concept of &#8220;Thirsangu Sorgam&#8221; (stuck and unable to make progress either way).<\/p>\n<p>Describing the living condition in such camps as &#8220;hellish&#8221;, the judge said even the posting of an IPS officer in Mandapam refugee camp is considered a punishment.<\/p>\n<p>Asking them to stay in the refugee camp for a long time was also a violation of human rights, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keeping them under surveillance and severely restricted condition and in a state of statelessness for such a long period certainly offends their right under Constitution of India,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>Alluding to a Delhi High Court judgement, the judge said the Centre had implied powers to grant citizenship, and need not feel helpless or take shelter under the Citizenship Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government should take note of the fact that the petitioners had come to India faced with a grave threat to their lives and limbs in Sri Lanka during the ethnic strife in 1983-85. They had sought asylum in India.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A person who is running for his life cannot obviously be expected to wait for visa and come legally,&#8221; he observed.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners submitted they had applied for citizenship through the Tiruchirapalli district collectorate, but the applications were not forwarded to the central government.<\/p>\n<p>The judge directed the petitioners to file fresh application seeking citizenship and ordered the district collector to forward the same without any delay, to the central government.<\/p>\n<p>The court further said that once the government receives the applications, it shall pass appropriate orders within 16 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, however, refrained from directing the Centre to grant citizenship to the petitioners, saying the matter fell within the exclusive executive domain of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Tamil Nadu government counsel said the power to grant citizenship was vested with the Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the petitioners cannot seek citizenship as a matter of right because they were illegal migrants who came to India without valid passport or travel documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court Thursday directed the Centre to pass appropriate orders within 16 weeks on a petition filed by 65 Sri Lankan Tamils, residing in a refugee camp in Tiruchirapalli district for the past 35 years, seeking grant of citizenship. 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