Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra governments announced clear rules on Friday, 28th November. They said Aadhaar cards cannot be used as proof of date of birth or place of birth anymore. This follows instructions from the central government, and new Aadhaar cards even have a note saying they prove identity but not citizenship or date of birth.
?Aadhaar Card will no longer be valid as Birth certificate or Proof of Date of Birth in Uttar Pradesh: announced planning department of UP pic.twitter.com/WWFXh1DfHq
— Indian Infra Report (@Indianinfoguide) November 28, 2025
In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government updated the rules through the Planning Department. Special Secretary Amit Singh Bansal sent a letter to Additional Chief Secretaries and Chief Secretaries of all departments, pointing to a note from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in Lucknow. He explained that Aadhaar does not have any certified record of date of birth, so it is just for identification and verification, not for proving birth details.
Maharashtra cancels fake documents
The Maharashtra Revenue Department issued a detailed 16-point order. Deputy Secretary Mahesh Varudkar signed it after the 11th November meeting chaired by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule with additional chief secretaries of the home and revenue departments. They plan a campaign against fake birth and death certificates used to grab land, threaten the country’s security, and take resources wrongfully.
Maharashtra | Aadhaar card will not be considered as a document for making a delayed birth certificate in the state and all birth certificates made only through the Aadhaar card after August 2023 amendment in Act will be cancelled. The government has taken this decision to stop… pic.twitter.com/Pogz4sAD6Y
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2025
All orders by Nayab Tehsildars after the August 11, 2023, amendment to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, which collects Aadhaar numbers of parents and informants for a unified national database, must be withdrawn and verified at collector level.
Certificates made only with Aadhaar get marked defective, cancelled immediately, and removed from the civil registration system portal. Birth and death registration applications must match the Aadhaar date of birth, and any difference will lead to an FIR against the applicant.
Officials must list applicants whose certificates issued only on Aadhaar show different birth dates from the original applications, and register FIRs where forgery appears. There will be action against officers who issued these, with guidelines to Tehsildars, Sub-Divisional Officers, District Commissioners, and Divisional Commissioners. Aadhaar won’t work for delayed birth certificates either.
Departments in both states used to take Aadhaar for jobs, pensions, scholarships, and more, but now they must use other valid documents. UP’s move came a week after CM Yogi Adityanath directed district magistrates to act fast against illegal immigrants. This unfolds amid Opposition concerns over the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and UTs.
