The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has awarded the contract to UTIITSL for the issue of Permanent Account Number (PAN). UTIITSL will collect the PAN applications (Form49A and CSF) from their collection centers at various locations all over India. UTIITSL will arrange to create data and scan photographs and signatures at their four UTIITSL Regional Offices.

For collection of PAN applications at various locations, UTIITSL has appointed various PAN Service Centers which are primarily meant for distribution and Collection of PAN Form49A and CSF to/from the applicants. The applicants fill up the form as per the guidelines available on the PAN application forms and submit the same at the UTIITSL’s authorized PAN Service Centers or UTIITSL’s Offices. The authorized person managing the centre/s will be hereafter referred as PAN Service Agent (PSA).

For housing a PAN Card Centre, the following infrastructure is must.

Basic infrastructure requirement:
  • Office space of minimum 100 square feet.
  • A landline phone.
  • Availability of drinking water, drop box, sitting place, proper ventilation, lighting, housekeeping, etc. 4.Computer with internet connectivity. 5.Should have more than 2 staff.
There are two types of forms which are used for making a PAN Card:
  • Form49A – to be used by the applicant for obtaining a new PAN Card.
  • Composite Service Form (CSF) – to be used by the applicant for obtaining a duplicate PAN Card or for any correction in their existing PAN card details.

A- Procedure for Acceptance of Form49A

Following are the fields to be checked/filled in before acceptance/ submission of the form at collection centre.

The Form49A format should be similar as defined by IT Department (No extra cost should be charged from the applicant for the form). The applicant has to fill up the form using Black ink pen and provide all the mandatory information given.

Change applicants:
  • Application with RA details should be collected with a Processing Fees of Rs 107/- (inclusive of all taxes).