Aadhaar Number in Employees' Service Books

By Vijay Kumar

DoPT had requested all Ministries/Departments to ensure that the service books of all employees have an entry of the employees' Aadhaar number and sought compliance report. The information from most of the Ministries/Departments has not yet been received by this Department so far.

DoPT again requests all Ministries/Departments of the Government of India to intimate the action taken in this regard and also furnish consolidated information in respect of the Ministry/Department as a whole, including attached and subordinate offices, latest by 14th August, 2015.

What will they do if an employee does not have Aadhaar. It is not mandatory that all government employees should have aadhaar card.

Recently the former Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam argued a contempt petition filed against the Central Government and various agencies for insisting on Aadhaar card. The government told the Supreme Court that as per apex court's earlier orders, the Centre has conveyed to the states and authorities concerned not to make Aadhaar cards, issued by Unique Identification Authority of India, mandatory for availing various schemes; persons, having Aadhaar cards, were being asked to provide it to authorities but this was optional.

Even the new Income Tax Return Forms require the assessee to furnish his aadhaar number, if he has one.

DoPT No. Z-20025/9/2014-Estt.(Allowance)., Dated August 05 2015