T'gana decides to issue Family Register Certificates

The Telangana government has decided to constitute the Telangana Family Register and to introduce a facility for the issue of a Family Register Certificate through the MeeSeva platform.

This has been done to ensure uniformity in the verification of family particulars and to provide a readily accessible record. The Revenue Department has issued orders to this effect.

According to the Government Order (GO), the decision has been taken after carefully examining the difficulties experienced by the citizens in producing an authenticated and reliable record of their family composition for availing various government services.

The state-wide Telangana Family Register will be maintained in electronic form and it will contain details like family register identification number (ration card number), name of the head of the family, name of each member of the family, relationship of each member to the head of the family, age, date of birth, gender, Aadhaar number of each member, and present address of the family.

A new citizen service styled ‘Telangana Family Register Certificate’ will be introduced in the MeeSeva platform. Any citizen may apply for a copy of the Family Register, pertaining to his/her family, through any MeeSeva Centre, through the MeeSeva online portal/mobile application, on payment of the prescribed charges.

According to the GO, the service shall be delivered within a timeline of two working days from the date of the receipt of the application.

AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has welcomed the decision of the Telangana government to issue Family Register Certificate through the MeeSeva platform.

According to him, Rs 62 will be the service charge for issuing the certificate.

Owaisi posted on X that he had made a representation to the government along with Faheem Qureshi, Vice Chairman and President of Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS).

“The certificate is one of the 12 acceptable documents under the Special Intensive Revision. It will benefit many poor & undocumented people if they receive notice. I hope this facility is used by the people. I thank the state government for its timely decision,” said Owaisi.