Registration is in selected branches of Punjab National Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank and YES Bank.
The registration for the annual Amarnath yatra through both Baltal and Chandanwari routes will begin on March 1, an official spokesperson said today.
According to the spokesperson, the registration will be done through over 400 designated branches of Punjab National Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank and YES Bank located in various States of the country.
The yatra this year shall start simultaneously on both the routes from June 29th and culminate on the day of Raksha Bandhan (August 7th).
The procedure which the pilgrims need to follow to register for the yatra, has been put on the Board's website, said PK Tripathi, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB).
The website also contains an application form and state-wise list of Bank Branches which the people can visit for registering themselves for the pilgrimage this year.
Here are the guidelines for the Amarnath Yatra registration:
1.The registration and issue of Yatra Permit (YPs) will be done on first-come-first-serve basis.
2. The Registration of Yatris will commence from all the Bank Branches from March 01, 2017 onwards.
3. One Yatra Permit shall be valid for registering only one Yatri.
4. Each Registration Branch has been allotted a fixed per day/per route quota for registering the Yatris. The Registration Branch shall ensure that the number of Yatris registered does not exceed the allotted per day/per route quota.
5. No one below the age of 13 years or above the age of 75 years and no lady with more than six week's pregnancy shall be registered for the Yatra.
6. Every Yatri will have to submit Application Form and Compulsory Health Certificate (CHC) to obtain Yatra Permit for the Yatra. The Formats of the Application Form and CHC, and the list of Doctors/Medical Institutions authorized to issue CHC are available at SASB's website- www.shriamarnathjishrine.com.
7. The Application Form and CHC shall be made available free of cost to the applicant-Yatri by the Registration Branch.
8. To apply for the Yatra Permit, the applicant-Yatri will submit the following documents to the Registration Officer:
- filled-in prescribed Application Form;
- prescribed Compulsory Health Certificate (CHC) issued on or after Feb 10, 2017 by the Authorized Doctor/ Medical
- four passport sized photographs ( three for Yatra Permits and one for the Application form).
9. The Registration Officer shall check the following:
- Whether the Application Form has been correctly filled-in and signed by the applicant Yatri.
- Whether the CHC has been issued by the Authorized Doctor/ Medical Institution;
- Whether the CHC has been issued on or after February 10
10. The specific day on which a pilgrim is registered to undertake the Yatra (i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) has been printed on the Yatra Permit. The day printed on the YatraPermit is the day on which the Yatri will be allowed to cross the Access Control Gates at Baltal and Chandanwari (Pahalgam).
11. The Bank Branch shall ensure that the date for which the Yatra Permit is issued for crossing the Access Control Gates matches with the day (i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) printed onthe Yatra Permit before issuing the Permit to the Yatri.
12. In the Yatra Permit Forms, the Yatra year and date of Yatra has not been printed. Therefore, it is mandatory for the issuing Bank Branch to stamp/write the Yatra year and date of Yatra and paste the date and year so written/stamped with a transparent tape (pasting of transparent tape is important in order to make the date and year of Yatra tamper-proof). However, the stamping of the date, year and Bank branch shall be done only at the time of issuance of the Yatra Permit. In no case, should any Yatra Permit be stamped in advance.
13. If the Application Form and CHC are in order, the Registration Officer shall issue a YP to the applicant against a payment of Rs.50/ per Yatra Permit (of the aforesaid amount Rs.35/- will be remitted in SASB's account and the remaining amount shall be retained by the Bank) after following the steps mentioned in paras 15-17.
14. The Registration Officer shall affix passport size photographs and fill in the Yatra Permit Form on the spot as per the details mentioned in the Application Form and the CHC. The date of the Yatra can be also filled in correctly.
15. The Registration Officer shall sign the Yatra Permit and apply the Bank Branch Seal on the Yatra Permit in such a way that the Seal is partly imprinted on the photograph of the applicant-Yatri and partly on the YP. However, the stamping of the date, year and Bank Branch shall be done only at the time of issuance of Yatra Permit, in no case, should any Yatra Permit be stamped in advance.
16. Before issuing the Yatra Permit to the applicant-Yatri; the Registration Officer shall record the following particulars:
- 1. Date of issue of Yatra Permit
- 2. The Serial Number of Yatra Permit.
- 3. Name, address and telephone/mobile number of the applicant Yatri.
- 4. Name of next -of-kin of applicant-Yatri, to be contacted in case of any emergency.
- 5. Route of Pilgrimage.
- 6. Date of embarking on the Yatra from Baltal/Pahalgam.
17. The Registration Official shall issue YPs bearing BALTAL for Baltal route and PAHALGAM for the Pahalgam Route.