INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B
Vijaysen Reddy, directed the state government that it shall not ask for the Aadhaar number under any form for the purpose of slot booking
for registration of non-agriculture properties and seeking of Property Tax Index Number.As identity proof, the government can ask the buyer
from the registration manual and from the software
The court asked the government to go ahead with the registration of the non-agriculture properties, but there should be no demand for
Aadhaar details.The bench was dealing with a batch of eight petitions related to the Dharani portal.The court found fault with the affidavit
of Chief Secretary, who had stated that an applicant providing Aadhaar details is optional whereas Advocate General B.S
Prasad, on the last date of hearing, gave an undertaking that Aadhaar details will not be asked
Now, the state with a clever ploy is seeking Aadhaar details, which is a clear violation of the undertaking, observed Justice
slot booking and for seeking PTIN
Further, for slot bookings also, the manual clearly says that the buyer, seller and the witnesses have to provide their Aadhaar details and
the government to delete all references to caste, social category and Aadhaar numbers of family members
