Power to sanction Honour money.

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Summary

4. (1) Any Honour money under this Act shall be sanctioned by the District Magistrate of concerned District in the pro-forma given in Appendix A 2. The District Magistrate shall pay the Honour money directly after necessary verification of the documents submitted by the applicant. 3. (i) A fighter of democracy must be a resident of Uttar Pradesh and was detained under MISA/DIR in any jail of the country. He shall have to annex the certificate as such, which shall be verified by the District Magistrate concerned at his level; (ii) While considring the case of such fighters of democracy whose documents are not available in the jail or destroyed, the District Magistrate concerned shall, after necessary verification, satisfy himself with other available documents that F.I.R. was lodged in relevant sections under MISA/DIR, against the applicant while opposing the emergency imposed during period from 25.06.1975 to 21.03.1977 and his arrest/detention is confirmed; (iii) Such fighters of democracy, against whom other criminal sections were also imposed besides MISA/DIR, the District Magistrate shall satisfy himself that such other sections were imposed while fighting for the democracy during emergency and in opposition of imposition of emergency and arrest/detention was not other than political grounds; (iv) In such cases where any applicant is applying for availing Honour money and other facilities from more than one district, the District Magistrate shall take an affidavit from applicant that he has applied from only one district and the District Magistrate shall confirm it from the other District Magistrate; (v) Such persons, who have already been declared fighters of democracy in the year 2006-2007 and such persons, who have been declared fighters of democracy after issuance of Uttar Pradesh Loktantra Senaniyon ko diye jane wali Samman Rashi Niyamawali, 2012, dated 14.09.2012 and before 30.12.2013 i.e. date of commencement of amended Rules, shall be sanctioned Honour money with effect from 01.04.2012 and such persons, who have been declared fighters of freedom after commencement of the above mentioned amended Rules, shall be sanctioned Honour money deeming them fighters of democracy from the date of sanction of their application form. (4) If any fighter of democracy died after 01.04.2012 and during the period of enforcement of this scheme then in such case his successor shall be given Honour money only for such period during which fighters of democracy was alive after 01.04.2012. (5) The fighter of democracy shall be given facility of free travel along with one attendant in the buses of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The expenditure incurred on it shall be reimbursed to the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation by the department of political pension of the State Government. (6) The Medical department of the State Government shall provide free medical facility to fighters of democracy in State Government Hospitals, which includes all kinds of free tests, free treatment and free distribution of necessary medicines, including purchase of medicines as per requirement and the orders issued in this regard by the medical department shall be effective. (7) The person receiving the Honour money shall have to open a single operated savings account in such branch of any bank where he/she resides and shall have to intimate it to the District Magistrate. (8) The District Magistrate concerned shall send the grant bill for withdrawal of Honour money in the concerned Treasury. The name of the person receiving the Honour money, savings bank account number, name of bank and details of bank-wise amount shall be attached along with the bill. Thereafter according to these details, the concerned treasury shall directly deposit the Honour money in the bank account of the persons getting the Honour money. No advance payment shall be given in any case. (9) All the documents related with the Honour money and other facilities shall be maitained safely and shall get audited according to relevant rules.

4. (1) Any Honour money under this Act shall be sanctioned by the District Magistrate of concerned District in the pro-forma given in Appendix A 2. The District Magistrate shall pay the Honour money directly after necessary verification of the documents submitted by the applicant. 3. (i) A fighter of democracy must be a resident of Uttar Pradesh and was detained under MISA/DIR in any jail of the country. He shall have to annex the certificate as such, which shall be verified by the District Magistrate concerned at his level; (ii) While considring the case of such fighters of democracy whose documents are not available in the jail or destroyed, the District Magistrate concerned shall, after necessary verification, satisfy himself with other available documents that F.I.R. was lodged in relevant sections under MISA/DIR, against the applicant while opposing the emergency imposed during period from 25.06.1975 to 21.03.1977 and his arrest/detention is confirmed; (iii) Such fighters of democracy, against whom other criminal sections were also imposed besides MISA/DIR, the District Magistrate shall satisfy himself that such other sections were imposed while fighting for the democracy during emergency and in opposition of imposition of emergency and arrest/detention was not other than political grounds; (iv) In such cases where any applicant is applying for availing Honour money and other facilities from more than one district, the District Magistrate shall take an affidavit from applicant that he has applied from only one district and the District Magistrate shall confirm it from the other District Magistrate; (v) Such persons, who have already been declared fighters of democracy in the year 2006-2007 and such persons, who have been declared fighters of democracy after issuance of Uttar Pradesh Loktantra Senaniyon ko diye jane wali Samman Rashi Niyamawali, 2012, dated 14.09.2012 and before 30.12.2013 i.e. date of commencement of amended Rules, shall be sanctioned Honour money with effect from 01.04.2012 and such persons, who have been declared fighters of freedom after commencement of the above mentioned amended Rules, shall be sanctioned Honour money deeming them fighters of democracy from the date of sanction of their application form. (4) If any fighter of democracy died after 01.04.2012 and during the period of enforcement of this scheme then in such case his successor shall be given Honour money only for such period during which fighters of democracy was alive after 01.04.2012. (5) The fighter of democracy shall be given facility of free travel along with one attendant in the buses of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The expenditure incurred on it shall be reimbursed to the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation by the department of political pension of the State Government. (6) The Medical department of the State Government shall provide free medical facility to fighters of democracy in State Government Hospitals, which includes all kinds of free tests, free treatment and free distribution of necessary medicines, including purchase of medicines as per requirement and the orders issued in this regard by the medical department shall be effective. (7) The person receiving the Honour money shall have to open a single operated savings account in such branch of any bank where he/she resides and shall have to intimate it to the District Magistrate. (8) The District Magistrate concerned shall send the grant bill for withdrawal of Honour money in the concerned Treasury. The name of the person receiving the Honour money, savings bank account number, name of bank and details of bank-wise amount shall be attached along with the bill. Thereafter according to these details, the concerned treasury shall directly deposit the Honour money in the bank account of the persons getting the Honour money. No advance payment shall be given in any case. (9) All the documents related with the Honour money and other facilities shall be maitained safely and shall get audited according to relevant rules.

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