INSTITUTIONAL DISTINCTIVENESS : JANA SUVIDHA KENDRA
G. R. Kare College of Law is an Institution imparting Professional Legal Education and has been providing free legal assistance through legal cells and legal clinics. The vision of the College is “To Be A Centre of Excellence Providing Quality Legal Education And To Develop Professionalism With Social Commitment”. The college has worked tirelessly to develop professionalism among the students and has stimulated the sense of social responsibility in them. The college works with different government authorities to fulfill its vision. The State/District Legal Services Authority in association with the College has organized various programmes, a State Level Students Seminar and an Essay Competition was organized this academic year.
In the direction of fulfilling its vision the college collaborated with the South Goa Collectorate, a Government Department dealing with civil administration of the South Goa District, which also had a dream to set up a help desk in the Administrative Complex to cater to the legal needs of the public free of cost.
G. R. Kare College of Law and South Goa Collectorate were desirous of providing free legal aid through a Permanent Citizen Facilitation Centre, consequently they set up a permanent Jana Suvidha Kendra on the ground floor at the Citizen Facilitation Centre at Matanhy Saldanha Administrative Complex, Margao. The Jana Suvidha Kendra was inaugurated on the 23rd of July 2015 by the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister Shri Francis D’souza.
For adequate functioning of the Jana Suvidha Kendra, the College has appointed a faculty member as a Nodal Officer. The concerned faculty member co-ordinates with the students and nominates a group of three students to provide services at the Jana Suvidha Kendra from Monday to Friday from 9.30 a.m to 12.30 p.m. These students are trained to draft and file different kinds of applications , like applications for residence certificate, income certificate, caste certificate, divergency certificate, dependency certificates, solvency certificates, mutation of land, land conversion, partition of land holdings etc. In general they are trained to cater to the legal needs of the people. A proper seating place has been made available for the students to set up their help desk at the Citizen Facilitation Centre at Matanhy Saldanha Administrative Complex. The required stationery is made available to the students.
The students have been successfully providing legal assistance to a large number of people free of cost. The students have been exposed to the practical arena of drafting and filling of routine application for various services. Some of the services provided by our students at the Jana Suvidha Kendra include :
• Filling of applications forms for correction of Adhaar cards
• Filling up of Deen Dayal Scheme forms
• Filling forms for caste certificate
• Drafting of applications for correction/ addition/ deletion of names on the Ration Card
• Filing up of forms for correction of Election Card.
• Filling forms for residence, divergency, income certificate
• Drafting of applications to receive information under RTI Act, 2005
• Drafting of applications for mutatation, conversion, partition etc.
• Distribution of form I and XIV.
Every week a group of three students visit the Jana Suvidha Kendra to provide legal assistance to the people. The students from G. R. Kare College of Law have been serving the Society enthusiastically for the last four years. Till date around 350 students have provided their services to Jana Suvidha Kendra and on an average 80-90 people are given legal assistance every day.
The institution is striving hard to attain the vision of the College that is “To Be A Centre Of Excellence Providing Quality Legal Education And To Develop Professionalism With Social Commitment”. The institution has lead the way in legal education through innovative teaching and has created legal professionals with commitment towards society.
