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In a large measurement to curb the menace of fraudulent commencement and decease certificates being utilized for amerciable purposes, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule connected Friday (November 28, 2025) ordered the contiguous cancellation of each suspicious certificates issued connected the spot of an Aadhaar paper and directed authorities to lodge constabulary complaints without delay.
A broad 16-point verification line has been issued by the Revenue Department to each Tehsildars, Sub-Divisional Officers, District Collectors and Divisional Commissioners. The circular, issued pursuing a high-level gathering chaired by the Additional Chief Secretaries of Home and Revenue Departments, intelligibly states that Aadhaar paper cannot beryllium accepted arsenic standalone impervious of day of commencement oregon spot of birth, successful enactment with Central Government guidelines.
The directive besides states that each commencement and decease registration orders issued by Tehsildars aft the amendment of August 11, 2023, to beryllium withdrawn and cancelled forthwith.
Discrepancy betwixt exertion details and Aadhaar day of commencement volition invitation contiguous FIR against the applicant, the circular states.
The circular further adds beneficiaries who neglect to surrender archetypal bogus certificates oregon cannot beryllium traced volition beryllium declared ‘absconding’ and FIRs registered against them and beryllium declared arsenic fugitives. District Collectors and Divisional Commissioners volition besides behaviour peculiar verification camps nether their nonstop supervision.
The 14 districts identified arsenic ‘hotspots’ for specified malpractices person been enactment nether strict scrutiny. Amravati, Akola, Sillod, Sambhajinagar (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) city, Latur, Anjangaon Surji, Achalpur, Pusad, Parbhani, Beed, Gevrai, Jalna, Ardhapur and Parli.
Speaking connected the initiative, Mr. Bawankule said, “Forged commencement and decease certificates are being misused to drawback authorities benefits, encroach onshore and adjacent endanger nationalist security. We volition not tolerate specified rackets. Strict enactment volition beryllium taken against specified beneficiaries.”
