September 1, 2015
Reader’s Mail
I would like to highlight some of the difficulties faced by people who have to make corrections in Aadhaar data by post. My colleague sent an application for correction in the date of birth for his son to UIDAI, Hyderabad, last month. As there was no response, I telephoned their office to enquire about the fate of the application. They simply asked for a fresh application.
Immediately, he sent a fresh application with supporting documents. Though he received an acknowledgement, there was another letter a few days later which said that the application had been rejected for non-attestation of supporting documents. He again sent a fresh set, duly attested by his son, but again the application was rejected, for unknown reasons. When I contacted the office, they simply said that the application was rejected and nothing could be done and asked me to send a fresh application. He sent one again. This could have been avoided had the mobile number been entered while initial feeding of the data. For those whose mobile number is entered, correction or updation of data is very easy.
S. Alwyn Sirbaul,
Sivakasi