PAN CARD APPLICATION
PAN APPLICATION REJECTED TWICE FOR INORDINATE REASON

My PAN card application was rejected twice because of

1) Name in Proof of Residential Address does not contain middle name and last name in expanded form as mentioned in application.

2) Name in Proof of Identity does not contain middle name and last name in expanded form as mentioned in application.

Here in Kerala usually we use abbreviation of our initials within matriculation, license certificates etc.

AS per PAN Authorities Instruction:

“Individual applicants are allowed to provide abbreviated ‘Name to be printed on the card’. The abbreviated name should necessarily contain the expanded Last Name/Surname.”

I filled the application with the initials in expanded form as instructed above.

I use my father’s name as the initials and in abbreviated form. It was also mentioned in the application and certificates (Matriculation & License). But they rejected it by telling those strange reasons above..

Still I didn’t get my PAN card and I don’t know what to do!