Although theSupreme Court of India had instructed the National Register of Citizens' (NRC)authorities to publish the final list on July 31 without further delay, theCoordinator of NRC, Prateek Hajela said that the complementary list will bepublished on the said date.

The complementary list will be published based on the inclusion of the names after the hearing of claims and objections and the names that have been dropped from the draft list.

It was onlyafter publishing of the complementary list that the consolidated list will bepublished after one month i.e. on August 31.

The Centretold the top court on Friday that lakhs of people had been wrongly included inthe final draft of the NRC adding that India can't be refugee capital of theworld.

Solicitor General (SG) and senior Supreme Court lawyer, TusharMehta, appearing for the Centre and Assam Government, pleaded the Supreme Courtto extend the July 31 deadline for finalisation of NRC in Assam. Hajela, whilereplying to the court said that the complementary list will be published onJuly 31 and they need another one month time to file tune the complementarylist and will publish the final list on August 31.

The fate of NRC continues to hang in balance as the SupremeCourt will hear the matter again on July 22 as centre and state pressedfor revision while the State coordinator Prateek Hajela informed that 26% ofthe total NRC data (80 lakhs) had already been re-verified.

For the flood, the publication can be postponed to August 31, Hajelainformed the top court. The Centre will give its response on Tuesday (July 23)next.