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 "VOLUNTARY" MIGRATION OF BHUTANESE CITIZENS

| Index| Voluntary Migration Form | Letter To Headman | Agreement- Administrator & Emigrant | Letter to the Administrator | Acquisition of land from Southern Bhutanese |

Form 3: Agreement between Dzongkhag and Emigrant 
Page 1 -Translated Version


Translation of the above

Form 3. - Agreement between Dzongkhag and Emigrant

Chirang Thrimkang
Agreement no. [..91/27]                                                            Date.....................

ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN

AGREEMENT FOR PEOPLE WISHING TO MIGRATE

Resident of [..Lamidara]  Chirang, [..Lamidara] Block, House Number [...LD/139], bearing name [..Ran Bahadur Kharga] and Citizenship identity Card Number [..134406], having applied as per his own wish to leave the country through the Gup, and his case being duly forwarded by the Dzongdag, Chirang vide letter No. CDA/CESNSUS [..-6/91/92/1421] dated [..27/1/91] and the same being submitted to this court, the said person, [..Ran Bahadur Kharga], has admitted and declared to this court that he has no complaints  whatsoever against anyone and that he has mentally decided on his own to leave the country and go to [..Hariya], Jhapa, [..Nepal] alongwith his other people belonging to [...Lamidara] Block, Thram Number [..114] and House number [..272].
From the Court's side, having considered, firstly, with regard to people wishing to leave the country, as per law ka)5-10 which does not restrict people from leaving, and as per Ministry of Home Affairs letter No. ka-(14)2/85/909 which states that people wishing to leave the country on their own can do so; secondly, with regard to the surrender of land to the government, as per the law ka-(10) 18(6)/91/1639 dated 2.9.91 which states that after paying all dues and taxes the payment for the land surrendered to the government will be made as follows;
1. Paddy Fields, Class 1.............
2. Paddy Fields, Class 2..............
3. Dry Fields,     Class 1.............
4. Dry Fields,     Class 2.............
The house and land under the ownership of the emigrant having been individually compensated for considering the land under Thram Number [...114], House Number [..272] valued at Ngultrum [..Forty One Thousand Six Hundred], and also having exempted, according to Home ministry's letter No. 909, the 10% tax that such transactions entail.
From today, the above person alongwith the other [..nine] persons included under his census have been deleted from the census records of Chirang,. Upon being deleted from the census records as Bhutanese citizens, anyone not abiding by this may be liable to a fine of Nu. 1000.00 and one year of imprisonment as per Agreement 0...11].
1. Signature of Head of family wishing to leave Bhutan
2. Land Compensation paying authority from Chirang Dzongkhag
Signatures/Thumb impressions of;
3. Ran Bahadur Kharga, 2. Dzongda, Chirang 4. Gup of Lamidara Block
Copy to:
1. Hon'ble Home Minister, Thimphu
2. Hon'ble Finance Minister, Thimphu
3. Deputy Minister, high Court, Thimphu
4...........7.
Date [..31/12/91]                                                (Rinchen Dorji)
                                                                        Chirang Thrimpon

 



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