GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

NOTIFICATION

WHEREAS, as

per

notification

issued

as

No.

1525614/ITSF2/2020-FIN dated 3rd January, 2020 and published as S.R.O.

No.52/2022 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 155 dated 13th January, 2022,

the Government of Kerala have notified Finance Department for use of Aadhaar

authentication, on voluntary basis, to authenticate employees in SPARK,

15-12-2025

G.O.(P)No.152/2025/FIN

Thiruvananthapuram

FINANCE (ITSF) DEPARTMENT

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Government of Kerala

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GSPARK. UNISPARK Systems as per rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication

for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation. Knowledge) Rules, 2020;

AND WHEREAS, the above said notification lacks provision for Aadhaar

authentication in vocal forms to authenticate those employees who are blind,

illiterate, or are subject to any extraordinary circumstance;

NOW THEREFORE, In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 5 of the Aadhaar

Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge)

Rules, 2020, the Government of Kerala hereby additionally notifies the Finance

Department for use of Aadhaar authentication, on voluntary basis in vocal form to

authenticate those employees who are blind, illiterate or are subject to any

extraordinary circumstance in SPARK, G- SPARK, UNISPARK systems.

The consent in vocal form which is to be collected from the specific claimant has

to be read out by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer to the claimant in the

presence of another employee from the same office and the same is to be recorded

accordingly. The consent should be based on the particular form specified in

schedule B.

Schedule B

Consent Form Format

(Blind, illiterate or are subject to any extraordinary circumstance)

I, holder of Aadhaar No …………............. give my consent to Finance

Department, Government of Kerala for fetching my identity and other information

for the purpose of authentication/e-KYC through UIDAI, using the Aadhaar OTP

or bio-metric/demographic authentication with UIDAI for the purpose of

authenticating employees in SPARK, G-SPARK or UNISPARK.

The consent and purpose of collecting Aadhaar has been explained to me in local

language by my Drawing and Disbursing Officer. The department 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 the department for KYC purposes

including physical KYC by submitting officially valid documents and I have

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voluntarily chosen Aadhaar based authentication/e-KYC.

I understand that the bio-metrics 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.

Signature/Thumb impression, Name and Designation of claimant

Signature, Name and Designation of witness

(By order of the Governor)

K R JYOTHILAL

ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY

Explanatory Note

[This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate

its general purport.]

As per Notification No.1525614/ITSF2/2020-Fin dated 3rd January, 2022

published as S.R.O.No.52/2022 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.155 dated

13th January, 2022, the Government of Kerala have notified the Finance

Department for use of Aadhaar authentication, on voluntary, basis, to

authenticate employees in SPARK, GSPARK, UNISPARK systems. The said

notification does not contain provision for Aadhaar authentication in vocal form

to authenticate those employees who are blind, illiterate or are subject to any

extraordinary circumstance. 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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