National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) processes PAN and TAN applications on behalf of Income Tax Department. With a view to keep the applicant updated about the status of his application, NSDL has launched a Short Message Service (SMS) based facility. The applicant can send an SMS to 53030 with a message containing the word PAN followed by a space and the 15-digit acknowledgment number provided at the time of submission of application i.e., PAN ACKNOWLEDGMENT NUMBER (e.g., PAN 123456789012345 – this is an illustrative acknowledgment number. Actual acknowledgment number should be provided in the SMS).
Similarly, to know the status of TAN application, applicant can send the SMS to 53030 with a message containing the word TAN followed by a space and the 14-digits acknowledgment number provided at the time of submission of application i.e., TAN ACKNOWLEDGMENT NUMBER (e.g., TAN 12345678901234 – this is an illustrative acknowledgment number. Actual acknowledgment number should be provided in the SMS).
There will be special charges for these SMS. These charges may vary from one mobile service-provider to another. The charge structure can be obtained from the concerned service-provider. The status of the PAN/TAN applications will continue to be available from NSDL-TIN web-site www.tin-nsdl.com or NSDL Call Centre at 022- 24994650 or Aykar Sampark Kendra at 0124- 2438000.
