File Format For PAN DATA INQUIRY - BULK VERIFICATION - INPUT FILE FROM ENTITY TO NSDL

General Notes for All Record Types

1 File should be a text file and should be generated in ASCII Format
2 Each Record (including last record) must start on new line and must end with a newline character. Hex Values : "0D" & "0A"
3 Each Field must be separated with "^" mark.
4 File Naming Convention (Length of File name cannot be more than 12 characters).
File Detail Record
Field No. Fields Data Type Size Mandatory (M) /
Optional (O)
Description
D1 Line Sequence Number Number 6 M Running serial number for each line in the
file. Should start with 1.
D2 File Section Type Char 2 M Value should be 'FD'.
D3 PAN Char 10 M Structurally valid 10-digit PAN. Should be in
upper case only.
File Trailer Record
Sr no. Fields Data Type Size Mandatory (M/O) Description
T1 Line Sequence Number Number 6 M Running serial number for each line in the
file
T2 File Section Type Char 2 M Value should be 'FT'
T3 File Type Char 5 M Value should be 'EXTIN'
T4 Number of Records Number 6 M Value should be equal to the number of
detail records in the file.
PAN Extract file format Ver. 1.0
File Format For PAN Details Inquiry (OUTPUT FILE - NSDL RESPONSE TO ENTITY)
General Notes for All Record Types
1 File should be a text file and should be generated in ASCII Format
2 Each Record (including last record) must start on new line
3 Each Field must be separated with "^" mark.
4 Default File Naming Convention F.rsp (where F is the File Reference Number)
File Detail Record
Sr no. Fields Data Type Size Mandatory (M)
/ Optional (O)
Description
D1 Line Sequence Number Number 6 M Running serial number for each line in the file.
D2 File Section Type Char 2 M Value should be 'FD'.
D3 PAN Char 10 M As provided by user in input file.
D4 PAN Status Char 1 M Values displayed will be:
E-Existing and Valid PAN,
"F"- Fake PAN
"N" - Record (PAN) Not Found in ITD Database.
D5 Filler Char 2 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D6 PAN Title Char 6 O 1. Values displayed will be as present in ITD database:
Shri, Smt, Kumari, M/s.
2. No value will be present in case PAN Status is N
D7 Last Name / Surname Char 75 O 1. Value as present in ITD database will be displayed.
2. No value will be present in case PAN Status is N
D8 First Name Char 25 O 1. Value as present in ITD database will be displayed.
2. No value will be present in case PAN Status is N
D9 Middle Name Char 25 O 1. Value as present in ITD database will be displayed.
2. No value will be present in case PAN Status is N
D10 Filler Date 8 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D11 Filler Char 35 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D12 Filler Char 35 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D13 Filler Char 35 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D14 Filler Char 35 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D15 Filler Char 35 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D16 Filler Char 35 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D17 Filler Char 6 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D18 Last update date of PAN
Master
Date 8 O Last update date of PAN in ITD PAN Master. The date will be in
DDMMYYYY format.
D19 Filler Char 2 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D20 Filler Char 10 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
D21 Filler Date 8 O Reserved for future use and will not have any value
File Trailer Record
Sr no. Fields Data Type Size Mandatory
(M/O)
Description/Comments
T1 Line Sequence Number Number 6 M Running serial number for each line in the file . No leading zeroes
T2 File Section Type Char 2 M Value should be 'FT'
T3 File Type Char 6 M Value should be 'EXTOUT'
T4 User-Id Varchar 8 M The User-Id who had logged in and uploaded input file. Will be in
Uppercase.
T5 Input File Name Char 12 M Input File Name as provided during upload
T6 File Reference Number Number 9 M File Reference Number against which the output file was generated
T7 File Upload Date Date 8 M Date when input file was uploaded in TIN central system. Date will
be in DDMMYYYY format.
T8 Number of Records Number 6 M Total No of records in the output file
T9 Number of Valid Record Number 6 M Valid PAN Records
T10 Number of Invalid
Records
Number 6 M Invalid PAN Records (PAN status N)
T11 File Execution date Date 8 M Date of creation of output file by TIN central system. Date will be in
DDMMYYYY format.
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