REVENUE & DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 13th June 2025

Sub: Notification on requirement of Aadhaar during different certificates

by government departments or their agencies are used in determining

eligibility of beneficiaries for delivery of benefits /subsidies/ services under

schemes funded by respective governments under section 7 of Aadhaar

(Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services)

Act, 2016 (as amended to enable Aadhaar seeding of eligibility certificates,

UIDAI vide O.M. No HQ-13079/55/2021-AUTH-II (E-6074) /3229 dated 11.08.2022)

S.R.O. No. 342/2025─Whereas the use of Aadhaar as a proof of identity for

different government services, including the issuance of certificates, helps to assess

the qualification of beneficiaries for receiving benefits, services, or subsidies. This

simplifies the government's delivery procedures, enhances transparency and

productivity, and enables beneficiaries to receive their entitlements directly in a

smooth and hassle-free manner, without the requirement of providing multiple

documents to prove their identity.

And whereas, the Revenue & Disaster Management Department

(hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the certificates relating

to caste, income, legal heir, registration of documents, records of rights of land

and other related matters, along with original and certified copies of

documents issued by the Department (hereinafter referred to as the Certificate) to

verify and certify applicants’ caste, income, legal heir, land rights, and other

entitlements related to land records, land revenue and registration matters ,

The Odisha

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which is being implemented through the Odisha Computer Application Centre and

National Informatics Centre(NIC) (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing

Agencies).

And whereas the production of the said certificate enables residents to become

eligible for various government benefits, subsidies, and services, which are financed

through the Consolidated Fund of Odisha.

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)

(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the government of Odisha hereby notifies

the following, namely: -

1. (1) An individual applying for the Certificate shall hereby be required to

furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar

authentication.

(2) Any individual desirous of applying for the Certificate, who does not possess

the Aadhaar number or, has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make

application for Aadhaar enrolment before registering for the required certificate

provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of the said Act, and

such individuals shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique

Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for

Aadhaar.

(3) As per regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations,

2016, the Department through its Implementing Agency, is required to offer Aadhaar

enrolment facilities for the beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled for Aadhaar and in

case there is no Aadhaar enrolment centre located in the respective Block or Taluka

or Tehsil, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall provide Aadhaar

enrolment facilities at convenient locations in coordination with the existing Registrars

of UIDAI or by becoming a UIDAI Registrar themselves:

Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the individual, the individual

can apply for the certificate, subject to the production of the following documents,

namely : -

(a) if he has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip; and

(b) any one of the following documents, namely: -

(i) Bank or Post office Passbook with Photo; or

(ii) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or

(iii) Passport, or

(iv) Ration Card; or

(v) Voter Identity Card; or

(vi) MGNREGA card; or

(vii) Kisan Photo passbook; or

(viii) Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988); or

(ix) Certificate of identity having photo of such person issued by a

Gazetted Officer or a Tehsildar on an official letter head; or

(x) any other document as specified by the Department:

Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an officer

specifically designated by the Department for that purpose.

2. In order to provide certificates to the residents, the Department through its

Implementing Agency shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide

publicity through the media shall be given to the residents to make them aware of the

said requirement.

3. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of

the beneficiaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall

be adopted, namely: -

(a) in case of poor fingerprint quality, iris scan or face authentication

facility shall be adopted for authentication, thereby the Department

through its Implementing Agency shall make provisions for iris

scanners or face authentication along with finger-print authentication

for delivery of benefits in seamless manner,

(b) in case the biometric authentication through fingerprints or iris scan or

face authentication is not successful, wherever feasible and

admissible authentication by Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-

based One-Time Password with limited time validity, as the case may

be, shall be offered.

Time-based One-Time Password authentication is not possible,

required Certificate may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar

letter whose authenticity can be verified through the Quick Response

code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of

Quick Response code reader shall be provided at the convenient

locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency.

4. In order to ensure that no bona fide resident is deprived of his due benefits,

the concerned Department in the State Governments and Union Territory

Administrations shall follow the exception handling mechanism as specified in the

Office Memorandum of Direct Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat,

Government of India no. D-26011/04/2017-DBT, dated the 19th December 2017

(available on https://dbtbharat.gov.in/).

5. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the

Official Gazette.

[No. 21499─RDM-IMU-EGOV-0003/2016-R&DM]

By order of Governor

MADHUSMITA SAHOO

Additional Secretary to Government

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