Man applies for granddad's death cert, taluk office issues his, cancels Aadhaar

AN error caused by a staffer of a local revenue office has left a 62-year-old man in the lurch.

- SUNIL PATIL

He has been fighting for more than 17 months to prove that he is "alive". Ganapati Khachu Kakatkar of Savgaon village in Belagavi taluk was declared "dead", and his proof of identity such as Aadhaar card was cancelled by the tahsildar's office one-and-a-half years ago.

This problem started after Ganapati and his brothers applied for a "succession certificate" to claim their rights over six acres and 23 guntas of land, which was in the name of their late grandfather.