Maharashtra govt orders cancellation of birth/death certificates not matching SOP

MUMBAI: (Dec 2) The Maharashtra government has ordered an immediate review and cancellation of all wrongly-issued, delayed birth and death certificates across the state that do not meet the prescribed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

The Government Resolution (GR) issued on Monday also instructed officials to stop treating the Aadhaar card as sufficient proof for recording or altering birth details.

Fourteen districts, including Amravati, Jalna, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Latur, Akola, Parbhani, Beed and Nashik, have been flagged for a high number of irregularly delayed certificates.