JMC starts home delivery of Birth & Death Certificates, building permissions

JMC Mayor & Dy Mayor alongwith Commissioner talking to mediapersons on Monday.
JMC Mayor & Dy Mayor alongwith Commissioner talking to mediapersons on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: Jammu Municipal Corporation has started home delivery of Birth & Death Certificates and approved building permission cases under “Doorstep Governance” initiative.
The online system was launched by Mayor, Chander Mohan Gupta and Deputy Mayor, Purnima Sharma in the presence of Avny Lavasa, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, this system has been introduced to avoid enormous gathering of general public and to promote contactless efficient public service delivery system.
The requisite fee is Rs 40 per birth/death certificate and Postal and conveyance charges extra as per the rates: Within JMC Limits – Rs 50/-; outside JMC limits but within district – Rs 100/- ; outside District/Division but within JK UT- Rs 150/-; outside JK UT – Rs. 200/-.
For building permission cases, the fee is as per the approved plan and the postal and conveyance charges are Rs 150 within JK UT and Rs 250 outside JK UT.
In this system, SMS, E-mail & online payment gateway integration has been done and all the payments shall be received online through secure mechanism directly into the JMC bank account. The online receipt and the payment successful acknowledgement shall be provided to the applicant online.
For doorstep Birth/Death Certificate and building permission, public has to visit www.jmcjammu.org then has to use Menu Option “E-Governance > Doorstep Governance > Apply online for birth/death certificate” and “E-Governance > Online Building Permission > Register for building permission” respectively.
In case of Birth/Death, applicant shall be communicated through e-mail: sahuliatjmc@gmail.com for available record verification. Self attested documents shall be asked from the applicant in case of alteration/corrections are required in the available record. Then documents verification and alteration/modifications of the available record is done by JMC and an online payment fee link sent to the registered e-mail & mobile number of the applicant. On successful online fee payment, confirmation sent by JMC to the applicant and finally Birth/Death Certificate shall be dispatched through speed post to the applicant’s registered address.
In case of building permission cases after the approval of building permission cases by BOCA, an online payment fee link shall be sent to the registered email & mobile number of the applicant. On successful online fee payment, confirmation sent by JMC to the applicant and finally building permission shall be dispatched through speed post to the applicant’s registered address.