EPFO Removes Aadhaar Card From List Of Acceptable Documents As Proof Of Date Of Birth

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued a circular dated January 16^th, 2024 bearing No.: WSU/2024/1/UIDAI Matter/4090 notifying removal of Aadhaar Card from the list of acceptable documents for correction of date of birth as mentioned in Table B of Annexure-1 of the Standard Operating Procedure on Joint Declaration issued on August 22^nd, 2023. The said circular has been issued basis a letter issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) which requires deletion of Aadhaar Card as a proof of date of birth from the list of acceptable documents. Among others, it draws attention to the Office Memorandum issued by MeitY dated December 20^th, 2018 and recent judgement of the Bombay High Court in State of Maharashtra v. Unique Identification Authority of India and Others dated July 28^th, 2023 which reiterate that an Aadhaar Card can be used for establishing identity of an individual subject to authentication and thereby, per se it is not a proof of date of birth.