Office Memorandum No. 3722/2009/RASD of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh dated 8th November, 2009 on the placement of children in adoption [C1A-KB3]

No. 3722/2009/RASD

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati, dated the 8th November, 2009

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The placement of children in adoption by specialised adoption agencies under the Andhra Pradesh Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1988, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh on the manner in which the placement of children in adoption by specialised adoption agencies is to be regulated under the Andhra Pradesh Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1988.

2. The matter has been examined. Every specialised adoption agency carrying on the placement of children in adoption shall make an application in Form VI to the Local Complaints Committee within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of two hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the placement of children in adoption is undertaken, and the Local Complaints Committee shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

(Secretary to Government)