THE
JHARKHAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
31 SHRAWAN 1947 (S)
RANCHI FRIDAY 22nd AUGUST, 2025
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION
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NOTIFICATION
20th August, 2025
No.-01 / Vi. – 32/ 2024-1617-- Whereas the use of Aadhaar number to establish identity
enables individuals to receive subsidies, benefits and services in a convenient and seamless
manner, obviates the need for multiplicity of documents to establish identity, simplifies processes
and promotes transparency and efficiency:
And whereas Directorate of Higher Education (hereinafter referred to as the said agency)
under the administrative purview of the Department of Higher and Technical Education
(hereinafter referred to as the said Department) in the Government of Jharkhand (hereinafter
referred to as the said Government) is administering Pay Fixation and Verification System
(hereinafter referred to as the said scheme):
And whereas time bound, and error-free fixation of pay and thereby timely extension of
financial benefits (salary) (here in after referred to as the benefit) to the teaching and non-
teaching staff working in State Higher Education Institutions of Jharkhand (here in after referred
to as the beneficiaries),under the said Scheme and the instructions and guidelines issued in
respect thereof;
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And whereas, the rafore said Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the
Consolidated Fund of Government of Jharkhand
And whereas the said agency is desirous that the said Government, for the purpose of
establishing identity of a beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit, require that
such beneficiary undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or in
the case of an individual to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, make an application for
enrolment:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial
and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act,2016 (18 of 2016) (here in after referred to as the
said Act),the Government of Jharkhand here by notifies the following, namely:-
1.
(1) An individual desirous of availing of the said benefit under the said scheme shall be
required to undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar
number
(2)
In case such an individual has not been assigned an Aadhaar number, he shall be
required to make an application for enrolment:
(3)
In accordance with the provisions of regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and
Update) Regulations, 2016, the said agency shall ensure enrolment of such
beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update their Aadhaar details through
appropriate measures, including coordination with Registrars and setting up
enrolment centres at convenient locations or providing enrolment facilities by
becoming a Registrar itself:
Provided that till such time an Aadhaar number is assigned to such
beneficiary, he may establish his identity to avail of the said benefit, by presenting
the following documents to which he is entitled and which are valid at the time of
presentation, or, in case the software provided or authorized by the said agency for
such identification supports electronic obtaining of information evidencing the
contents of such documents from the database of the authorities dealing with the
preparation or maintenance thereof, by giving his consent for so obtaining,
namely:—
For beneficiaries aged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has not been
assigned:
(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of
enrolment, provided by the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the
EID; and
(b) Any one of the following documents, having the beneficiary’s photograph,
namely:—
(i)
Elector’s Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of
India;
(ii)
Ration card;
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(iii)
Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who
is an Executive Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State
Government, not below the rank of Tahsildar;
(iv)
Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or
public sector enterprise to a retired or serving public servant or his
family member;
(v)
Indian passport;
(vi)
Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher
secondary or 12th class, issued by a recognised board of school
education;
(vii)
Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired
public servant by a government entity or a public sector enterprise;
(viii)
Disability certificate issued by notified medical authority under Rights of
Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, or Unique Disability Identification
(UDID) card issued by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities (Divyangjan), Government of India;
(ix)
Driving licence issued in India:
(x)
In respect of a foreign national, —
(I)
if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen
of India Card;
(II)
if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a
Foreigners Regional Registration Office;
(III)
if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or
Bhutan;
(IV)
if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan
refugee or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa
along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India along
with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or
(xi)
Any other document as the said Department may specify:
(4)
An officer designated by the said Department in this behalf shall check in respect of
the documents presented or the information evidencing the contents thereof under
clause (3),—
(a)
the status of the enrolment request by submitting the EID on my Aadhaar
portal (https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the EID is valid
and that the enrolment request does not stand rejected; and
(b)
the other documents, and for this purpose, may take the assistance of and
share the information presented with any government entity or an authority
that deals with the preparation or maintenance of the information contained in
such documents.
2.
In order to enable beneficiaries to avail of the said benefits conveniently, the Ministry shall
make all necessary steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the beneficiaries
aware of the requirement of Aadhaar number under the said scheme.
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3.
Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number of a beneficiary done through any of the
biometric-based modes of authentication (namely, facial image, fingerprints or iris scan
based authentication) fails due to any reason, such as poor quality of biometric
information, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:—
(a)
In case any particular biometric-based mode of authentication is not successful, any
other mode of biometric-based authentication or one-time pin (OTP) based
authentication shall, wherever feasible and admissible, be offered;
(b)
In cases where biometric-based or OTP-based modes of authentication are not
possible, benefits under the said scheme may, after establishing the genuineness of
the Aadhaar number by doing offline verification of the digital signature certificate of
UIDAI on the Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code or the Aadhaar Paperless
Offline e-KYC document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of any of the
following:
(i) An Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code containing Aadhaar card,
Aadhaar letter (i.e., the letter issued to an Aadhaar number holder on
generation of his Aadhaar number) or e-Aadhaar (i.e., the password-protected
electronic copy of Aadhaar letter downloadable from the website of UIDAI or
accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established
through offline verification by scanning the QR code using the Aadhaar QR
Scanner or m Aadhaar apps.
(ii) Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document (downloadable from the website of
UIDAI or accessible using its m Aadhaar app), after its genuineness is
established through offline verification of the digital signature certificate of
UIDAI on the document through the application developed by the Ministry or
Department or scheme implementing agency concerned for this purpose, in
accordance with the details given in this regard on the website of UIDAI.
4.
In order to ensure that bona fide beneficiaries who are aged 18 years or more are not
deprived of the benefit due to them under the said scheme, the agency shall follow the
exception handling mechanism specified in the Office Memorandum no. D-26011/04/2017-
DBT, dated the 19th December, 2017 of the Direct Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet
Secretariat, Government of India (available on https://dbtbharat.gov.in).
5.
This notification shall come in to effect from the date of its publication in the Official
Gazette.
Sudhir Bara,
Director, Higher Education
Department of Higher and Technical Education
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