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Constitutional validity of Aadhaar has been upheld by the Supreme Court of India in September 2018. Consequently, in terms of Section 139AA<\/b><\/a>\u00a0of Income Tax Act., 1961 and\u00a0order dated 30-6-2018<\/a><\/b>\u00a0of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Aadhaar-PAN linking is mandatory now which has to be completed till 31.3.2019 by the PAN holders requiring filing of Income Tax Return.<\/p>\n

Procedure for Aadhaar PAN linking has been published vide\u00a0notification no. 7<\/a><\/b> dated 29-6-2017 by Pr. Director General of Income Tax(Systems).<\/p>\n

Income Tax Department<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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