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DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014 (PAGE 17)
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
ACADEMY OF ART, CULTURE
AND LANGUAGES
DIVISIONAL OFFICE,
CANAL ROAD, JAMMU
Ph No. 2577643, 2579576
Short Tender Notice
Regarding Printing of Academy Publications
J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages Canal Road,
Jammu invites sealed tenders affixed with Revenue Stamps
worth Rupees 6/- (Rupees Six) only for the printing and supplying of Academy publications Anthologies, Journal Sheeraza
(Bi-Monthly) in Dogri, Hindi and Punjabi also Publishing of
Invitation Cards both in colour, Black and white, Brochure,
Certificate and Flex Banner. The Tender should reach this
office on or before 24-2-2014 and these shall be opened on
25-2-2014 at 12 Noon. The details of Tender Notice other
terms and conditions can be had from the office of the undersigned from 3-2-2014 to 22-2-2014 during office hours.
Sd/Special Secretary
DIP/J-1543-P
Dt : 28/1/14
J&K STATE HAJ COMMITTEE
Bait-ul-Hujaj (Haj House) Bemina, Srinagar
www.jkshc.com
Ph:0194-2495367
2495365
Email:[email protected]
[email protected]
Notification for Haj 1435 (H) / 2014 CE
The Haj Committee of India has notified the schedule for submission of
application forms for Haj 1435 (H) /2014 (CE).
All intending Haj Pilgrims of the State are hereby informed to collect the
prescribed Haj Application Form (HAF) along-with Guidelines for Haj 1435
from the offices of respective Dy. Commissioners; except those of district
Srinagar who shall obtain the forms directly from Haj House, Bemina. The
application forms shall be available on all working days from 1st February,
2014 to 15th March, 2014 during office hours, free of cost.
Last Date: The application forms, complete in all respects, along-with a
non-refundable processing fee of Rs.300 deposited in State Bank of India on
the prescribed pay-in-slip, shall be accepted from 1st February, 2014 to 15th
March, 2014. All applicants of Kashmir Valley shall have to deposit their Haj
Application Forms directly at Haj House, Bemina, Srinagar while as those of
Jammu Division and Leh & Kargil Districts shall deposit their application forms
through their respective Dy. Commissioners by or before 15th March, 2014.
No application shall be entertained after this date.
Guidelines: The eligibility criteria is given in the booklet containing
Guidelines and Haj Application Form and must be read thoroughly. The
detailed guidelines are also available on the official website of the Haj
Committee of India www.hajcommittee.com. The main features are summarized below: i)
Passport: All applicants shall mandatorily be in possession of Valid
International Passport at the time of submission of Haj Application Form.
The Passport should have been issued on or before 15/03/2014 and valid
atleast upto 31/03/2015.
Haj Once in a life time through Haj Committee of India: A person who
has performed Haj through Haj Committee of India earlier shall not be eligible to apply for Haj 2014. This condition is waived only in case of
Mehram of a female pilgrim and companion of a 70+ pilgrim, if no other
Mehram / Companion except the one who has performed Haj earlier is
available. However, such repeater pilgrim (mehram or companion) shall
have to pay full airfare, as prescribed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation,
Govt. of India. All applicants shall have to submit a solemn declaration in
this regard alongwith the application form strictly on the format attached
with the guidelines.
iii) Reserved Category Pilgrims. Following categories of applicants shall
be treated as Reserved Category Pilgrims:
ii)
A)
B)
The applicants aged 70 years or above as on 31/01/2014 (i.e. born on or
before 01-02-1944).
The applicants who have consecutively applied for last three years i.e. in
the year 2011, 2012 and 2013, but did not get selected.
The applicants under category "A" i.e. of 70 year plus age, shall have to
be necessarily accompanied by a companion from among the following
relations, otherwise their applications shall not be entertained:
Husband / Wife, Brother / Sister, Son / Daughter, Son-in-law / Daughterin-law, Grand-son / Grand-daughter, Nephew / Niece.
The category "B" persons i.e. 4th time applicants, as also the companion
of 70 year plus applicants, shall not have performed Haj earlier, either
through Haj Committee of India, Private Tour Operator or any other
means. To this effect they shall have to submit a solemn declaration on
the prescribed format given in the Haj Guidelines.
The persons falling under these reserved categories shall have to deposit
the original International Passport at the time of submission of Haj
Application Forms in the specified offices.
iv)
Categories of accommodation in Makkah - al - Mukaramah:
The details about accommodation types and facilities are given in
the Guidelines which must be perused carefully before indicating option
in the Haj Application Form. It is clarified that there are two categories of
accommodation available in Makkah - al - Mukarramah.
a)
Green: Green Category accommodation which is situated upto 1500
metres from outer periphery of Haram-e-sharief (not from Khana-e-kaba).
This category entails higher payments, which does not mean star hotel
accommodation. Buildings in the Green category are likely to be old and
on elevated area due to natural topography of the city of Makkah. Room
size may vary for accommodating 1 to 20 persons. The pilgrims shall
have to share toilets / rooms / kitchens. There is no transport facility for
Green Category pilgrims.
b)
Azizia: Azizia Category accommodation is situated in the Azizia area of
the Makkah City which is located about 7 km from Haram Sharief.
Transport facility is provided to the Pilgrims staying in Azizia to and from
Haram Sharief.
The accommodation facilities at Madina Munawarrah and Mina are same for
both categories.
v)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Medical Screening:
As per Haj Guidelines, persons who are not mentally and physically fit to
perform the pilgrimage are not eligible to apply. Accordingly, persons who
are physically or mentally incapacitated or inflicted with serious ailments
or communicable disease and lady aspirants in advanced stage of pregnancy are not entitled to apply for Haj. As such, there shall be two tier
medical screening of the applicants. First, at the application stage when
the applicant shall get himself examined and obtain Medical Screening
Fitness Certificate on the reverse of Haj Application Form. Subsequently,
it is proposed to put all selected pilgrims to thorough checkup and get
them examined by a competent Medical Officer in order to ensure that
medically unfit pilgrims do not proceed for Haj as they are not able to perform Arkan-e-Haj and become an administrative burden as well as a
source of problem for the fellow pilgrims.
Enclosures: The applicants shall enclose following documents with Haj
Application Form in duplicate without which the application shall be treated as incomplete and subject to rejection:
Proof of address.
Original Passport / Copy of passport, as applicable.
Cancelled blank cheque / copy of first page of bank passbook / Certificate
issued from bank indicating bank account details of the applicant.
Pay-in-slip indicating payment of processing fee.
Solemn Declaration (s) on plain paper.
Medical screening and fitness certificate duly filled in.
All Intending Pilgrims are requested to go through the guidelines and fill
up the application form correctly and completely after ensuring that they
fulfill the prescribed eligibility criteria so that they are not put to any
inconvenience later on. Any wrong information provided in the
Application form or enclosed documents shall result in cancellation of
the application at any stage even at the time of boarding the flight and
may result in forfeiture of the entire amount deposited.
DIP/K-13143
Dt:- 29-01-2014
Sd/(F.A. Lone)
Executive Officer