AHMEDABAD: Frequent battles among members of a family that migrated from Sindh to Ahmedabad have taken the type of an Indo-Pak war, with one set of family members accusing the others of being Pakistani nationals.
While his grievance to the Election Commission resulted in the cancellation of the elector photo identity cards (EPIC) of his 2 cousin bros, the duo has now approached the Gujarat high court seeking redressal.Justice Biren Vaishnav has looked for a reply from Gujarats primary electoral officer (CEO) on the cancellation of the voter ID cards and posted further hearing on February 7.
Murli (48) and Anil Parpiyani (44 ), residents of Kubernagar, approached the high court after their uncle and his boy alleged they were not Indian people and had obtained citizen IDs fraudulently, causing its cancellation.The Parpiyanis supporter N L Ramnani stated Murli and Anil had originated from Sindh with their moms and dads - Wadhumal and his spouse - in the 1980s.
They were minors then.
Their parents later on obtained Indian citizenship, but the two bros did not bother to establish theirs.Wadhumals cousin Koromal had actually likewise come to India with him.
Koromal and his family vigilantly pursued the treatment to get citizenship, and he and his kid, Dinesh, ended up being Indian citizens.Meanwhile, severe disputes over financial resources and other issues appeared between the two families, who have submitted several cops complaints against each other over the years.Dinesh raised the issue of Murli and Anils citizenship and complained to the authorities that the brothers had actually fraudulently acquired voter ID cards and Indian passports.
Murli and Anil had actually gotten Indian citizenship, but the authorities stalled theprocess after they got problems that the two had obtained citizen ID cards despite being Pakistani citizens.The electoral registration officer cancelled the EPICs.Since the grievance about nationality was also made prior to the passport authority, the siblings received a program cause notice, said their lawyer.The bros passports were seized on the ground that they were gotten based upon created documents.The two approached the HC in 2021, challenging the actions taken against them.
When the hearing on the petition took place on Monday, supporter Ramnani submitted that the election authorities had actually held a camp in Kubernagar and issued voter ID cards to all homeowners without evidence of citizenship.
Hence, no forgery was committed to get the Indian passports.The attorney further told the court the petition had actually been pending in the high court for two years.The authorities have not chosen their application for Indian citizenship by citing the pendency of the petition.
Furthermore, the brothers have actually resided in the nation formore than 7 years, wed Indian residents, and are entitled to Indian citizenship.When the bros filed a petition in the HC, Dinesh filed an application to sign up with the litigation to oppose their prayers on the ground that Murli and Anil were a danger to his family.However, his insistence on providing the case himself as a party-in-person led the high court to reject his application in July 2022.
The HC has published even more hearing on February 7, and the chief electoral officer has been bought to respond about the cancellation of EPICs already.