Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: The General Administration Department (GAD) today modified procedure for meeting expenditure on account of education of wards of martyrs (two eldest children) up to Class 12th in any school in Jammu and Kashmir.
The scheme will be application on such personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police, who are martyred in course of performing duties attributed to militancy related incidents/violence, an order issued today said.
“The Government shall reimburse the expenditure towards monthly fee, transportation charges (up to a maximum ceilingof Rs. 3,000 per child per month), one-time annual uniform charges (up to a maximum ceiling of Rs. 10,000 per child per year) and one-time expendiure on books (only text books prescribed by the respective Boards) if any, upto class 12th in any School (both Government and Private), within the territorial jurisdiction of the Union Territory of J&K. The schools would require to be duly recognized by the Government and affiliated with the J&K Board of School Education / Central Board of School Education or any other registered Board in India. The private schools shall treat these students as part of admission under EWS and reimbursement will be made accordingly,” the order said.
“The reimbursement shall be made for the first two children and in case the second on is a twin then both the twins be entitled to reimbursment under this arrangement,” it read.
The order said the administration it will also reimburse one-time annual uniform charges up to a maximum ceiling of Rs 10,000 per child per year and one-time expenditure on only text books prescribed by the respective boards if any, up to class 12th in any School of both government and private, within the territorial jurisdiction of J&K.
“The schools would require being duly recognized by the Government and affiliated with the JK Board of School Education or Central Board of School Education or any other registered Board in India,” it read.
It also said the reimbursement on account of monthly fee, transport charges, shall be made on quarterly basis by the concerned District Superintendent of Police, on the production of relevant vouchers, where the family of the martyr ordinarily resides.
The reimbursement on account of expenditure incurred on uniform and books would be reimbursed in the month of April every year subject to the ceiling and condition.
“The payment shall be made to the legal guardian whoever incurs such expenditure on the wards by the concerned District Superintendent of Police on production of valid proof of guardianship by the legal guardian,” it said.
It further stated in case owing to any dispute the children of a particular martyr having varying guardians for example one child living with mother and the other with his family, the reimbursement shall be made to both the guardians on actual basis, however, on the production of separate guardianship certificate to be issued by the concerned school authority.
“The children shall be eligible for reimbursement of education expenses even if the widow of the martyr remarries.”
It also read that the concerned district SP shall draw the claims on account of school fee and transport charges on quarterly basis and cost of books and uniform on annual basis from the budgetary provisions to be placed at his disposal.
It read he shall further ensure that the school fee is not exorbitant and is at par with the rates charged by the school to other students.
“This arrangement shall be deemed to come into force fully for the year 2022-2023, besides the pending claim of Rs 15.22 lakh for the year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 shall be reimbursed, subject to the mentioned stipulations.”
It further read out of the funds amounting to Rs. 1.70 crores approved under Grant- in-aid and from the next fiscal onwards, the budgetary allocations on this account shall be provisioned under Detailed Head Welfare and funds shall be released by the Finance Department under the Head of Account in favour of Home Department and Director General of Police, who shall in turn place the same at the disposal of District SSPs including Police Districts through the defined line of budgetary releases.
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