Attendance Registration Deferred For Refusing Aadhar, PG Resident Sends Legal Notice To NMC

A first-year resident doctor in Ahmedabad has had his Post-Graduate (PG) registration put on hold because he refused to submit his Aadhaar card, which is now required for the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) mandatory biometric attendance system.

Both the medical college and Gujarat University assert that Aadhaar is compulsory for state-level PG registration and daily attendance tracking to comply with NMC norms, stating the online system cannot generate records without it.

The student has sent a legal notice to the NMC, challenging the legality of making Aadhaar mandatory for registration and attendance.

Citing Supreme Court rulings, the student argues that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory in this context and questions the legality of denying registration solely based on its non-submission.

The student is demanding a reconsideration of the mandate and is asking the authorities to accept alternative identity proofs instead of insisting on Aadhaar.