GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Advice-C) Department
NOTIFICATION
G.O.(P)No. 19 /2023/P&ARD.
Dated,Thiruvananthapuram, 20th December 2023
WHEREAS, under sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub section
4 of section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies,
Benefits and Services ) Act, 2016 (Central Act 18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as
the said Act) allows performing authentication on voluntary basis, for such purpose,
as the Central Government in consultation with the Authority, and in the interest, may
prescribe;
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AND WHEREAS, for such purpose Government of India has framed the
Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation,
Knowledge) Rules, 2020 wherein the State Government can seek permission under
the said rules to use Aadhaar on voluntary basis;
AND WHEREAS, Government of India vide Official Memorandum No.
eF.no 13(4)/2020- EG- II (Vol -8) dated 15th December, 2022 has conveyed the
approval of the competent authority to Personnel and Administrative Reforms
Department, Government of Kerala for the use of Aadhaar authentication services, on
voluntary basis, by the Kerala Public Service Commission for authentication of
candidates, using Yes/ No authentication facility, or/and e-KYC authentication
facility, during various stages of the recruitment process including registration,
examination, document verification, interview, issue of letter advising selected
candidates to join duty and service verification as per rule 5 of the Aadhaar
Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules,
2020 read with sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 4 of the said
Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Government of Kerala , hereby notifies the
Kerala Public Service Commission for use of Aadhaar authentication services on
voluntary basis, for authentication of candidates, using Yes/ No authentication facility
or/ and e-KYC authentication facility, during various stages of the recruitment
process including registration, examination, document verification, interview, issue of
letter advising selected candidates to join duty and service verification as per rule 5 of
the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation,
Knowledge) Rules, 2020.
The Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department shall
separately notify the methods of identification in case the claimants does not intend to
authenticate using his Aadhaar.
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The consent form to be collected from the claimants is specified in
schedule “A”.
Schedule A
Consent Form Format
I, holder of Aadhaar No……….....…….. give my consent to the Kerala Public
Service Commission, for fetching my identity and other information for purpose of
Authentication / e- KYC through Unique Identification Authority of India, using the
Aadhaar OTP or Biometric/ Demographic authentication with Unique Identification
Authority of India for the purpose of Aadhaar authentication services on voluntary
basis, for authentication of candidates, using Yes/No authentication facility or/and e-
KYC authentication facility, during various stages of the recruitment process
including registration, examination, document verification, interview, issue of letter
advising selected candidates to join duty and service verification.
The consent and purpose of collecting Aadhaar has been explained to me in
the local language. Kerala Public Service Commission has informed me that my
Aadhaar shall not be used for any purpose other than mentioned above.
I have been given other alternative means by Kerala Public Service
Commission for KYC purposes including physical KYC by submitting officially
valid documents and I have voluntarily chosen Aadhaar based Authentication /e-
KYC.
I understand that the Biometrics and/ or OTP I provide for authentication shall
be used only for authenticating my identity through the Aadhaar Authentication
system for that specific transaction and for no other purposes.
By order of the Governor,
PUNEET KUMAR IAS
Additional Chief Secretary to Government
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Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its
general purport.)
As per sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section (4) of Aadhaar
(Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, an
entity may be allowed to perform authentication, if the authority is satisfied that the
requesting entity is seeking authentication for such purpose, as the Central Government in
consultation with the Authority, and in the interest of the State, may prescribe. For such
purpose Government of India have framed the Aadhaar Authentication for Good
Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020. The Government of
India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as per Office Memorandum No.
eF. no 13(4)/2020- EG- II (Vol -8) dated 15th December 2022 has conveyed the
approval of the competent authority to Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department,
Government of Kerala for the use of Aadhaar authentication services on voluntary basis, by
the Kerala Public Service Commission for authentication of candidates, using Yes/ No
authentication facility, or/and e-KYC authentication facility, during various stages of the
recruitment process including registration, examination, document verification, interview,
issue of letter advising selected candidates to join duty and service verification. Hence the
Government have decided to issue a notification in this regard.
The notification is intended to achieve the above object.
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