I heard from an unconfirmed source (
this person took part in a recent CIIP seminar and heard this over there) that around Nov 15 the CIC folks would be busy with their annual employee family reunion. If so, it would mean a delay in charge/issuance of PER for late July/early-mid Aug applicants. Mine reached on 8th Aug, so I'm too facing a possible delay
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Having said that, if CIC does go on with this break then it would be a well deserved one for the people working at CIO. These people are certainly working hard for our betterment (it may seem slow to us, but going going through a mountain of paperwork day in, day out is certainly tedious beyond imagination). I wouldn't grudge them for this break.
PS:
I am in no way certain of this news, however this was shared to forewarn others incase there is a delay after Nov 15 and people are looking for causes.