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Govt: Never made Aadhaar a must New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Aadhaar card cannot be mandatory for accessing public services.The order came on a petition protesting the issuance of Aadhaar cards to illegal migrants. Before the bench passed the interim order on a PIL filed by retired Karnataka High Court judge K Puttaswamy,solicitor general Mohan Parasaran and additional solicitor general L Nageswar Rao put up a mild resistance saying the cards were issued on voluntary basis and clarified that it was never meant to be mandatory. The enforcement machinery is tightened.Just because one or two aberrations being reported by the media does not mean the Aadhar cards are being issued to all and sundry, Parasaran said. The law officers denied that the Centre had issued any direction to states to make Aadhaar cards mandatory even as petitioners counsel Anil Divan and Shyam Divan cited the Maharashtra example where government employees have been ordered to get Aadhaar cards issued in their name so as to receive salary. The counsel also alleged that Aadhaar cards were being issued to illegal migrants and made mandatory for getting gas connections and even registration of marriages,a charge denied by the Centre.

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