The processing fee for issue of PCC will be Rs 250 for individuals and Rs 500 for institutions.
To make the process of issuing Police Clearance Certificates (PCC) easy, the UT Police will soon launch an online portal. With the introduction of the online system, the police are expecting to reduce the time period for issuing the PCC from 30 days to 15 days. The facility will be launched on November 27 at Tagore theatre.
Officers said the applicant could fill out the details in the application form and upload the photo and digital copies of the supporting documents online. The police have tied up with the SBIePayTM, a payment gateway portal of the State Bank of India (SBI) that will enable the applicants to pay through net banking, debit or credit cards. The processing fee for issue of PCC will be Rs 250 for individuals and Rs 500 for institutions.
Once an online application is submitted and the requisite fee is paid, a digital copy will be sent to the police station concerned, which will carry out the physical verification at the stated address as well as conduct a ‘Record Check’ of the applicant. The report will be uploaded using digital signatures of the Station House officer (SHO) to the Supervisory Officer who will scrutinise the report and transmit it to a centralised PCC Issuing Authority who will authorise the issue of the PCC subject to a ‘cleared’ report from the police station.
A digitally signed and verifiable report will be emailed to the applicant who can take its print outs. An SMS confirming the issue or denial of the PCC will be sent to each applicant. The Embassy or the High Commission of the country to which the applicant is applying for immigration or employment will be able to verify the authenticity of the PCC by logging on to the website of Chandigarh Police and submitting the details through a barcode or entering the unique number manually.
Police officers also said that with the introduction of the online application process, the force expected to cut down the time taken for issue of a PCC from one month to less than 15 days.
Police data showed that driving licence is the most frequently lost document. So far, 195 complaints have been lodged by the people on Mini Data Centre (MDC) of the Chandigarh Police. The driving licence is followed by cellphones (185), Aadhaar cards (47), passports (43), PAN cards (40), ATM cards (39), EPIC card (37), Educational Certificates (13), debit cards (11), passbooks (9) and credit cards (6).
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