Society's letter for address proof

Your lease agreement with the landlord itself is a proof of address. In addition you can use telephone bills, gas connection book, bank pass book etc. as proof of address. By this time u should have obtained a ration card which is a good proof for address. If u dont have a ration card apply for one immediately. These are better proofs than the certificate which the society issues.

Thank you very much Mr. Mugundhan. I really appreciate your advise. I think a ration card would be the best.

1.  CHS is ONLY & ONLY for its regd. members.  CHS cannot entertain ANY requests from non-members,  even though someone may be a tenant.

2.  In Maharashtra,  Ration Card, cannot be taken as address proof.  Check out the following link :

https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Re-Ration-card-not-address-proof-Govt-20443.asp

Keep Smiling .... Hemant Agarwal

@ Hemant, The Maharashtra Govt. departments may not consider ration card as a residence proof, but the passport office which is a central govt. dept. will definitely accept ration card as address proof. The queryists question was only regarding address proof for passport application. Hence Ration card will serve his purpose.

Ration Card is a State subject and the State says that Ration Card issued by the State Govt., cannot be used as a address proof,  which means that the State Govt., categorily states that Ration Card is a dummy document for the purposes of "Address Proof".   Ration Card is the property of the State Govt.,  and not the property of the Ration Card holder.

Hence Passport authorities "in the State" now cannot accept the state ration card (which is now a dummy document for purpose of address proof)  as documentary evidence for the applicants address verification.

Whereas too,  the directive dated 5th June, 2010,  issued by the Chief Secretary Mr. Dange,  also directs the Passport dept., in Maharashtra, to not accept the Ration Card as address proof. 

The passport dept.,  even though it is central govt. dept.,  is bound by the State Laws on the State issued / owned documents.

CONCLUDE :  Maharashtra State issued Ration Card,  now cannot be accepted as Address Proof, for any purposes, which includes the Passport office.

Keep Smiling .... Hemant Agarwal