[Resolved]  Income Tax Department — PAN application acknowledgment number [protected]

Address:

Mumbai

We refer to a PAN application (in Form 49AA) vide acknowledgment number [protected] filed on 6 February 2023 for a foreign company viz., APAC Company XXIX Limited ('the Applicant') which is yet to be processed. We have attached herewith the PAN application acknowledgement.

On tracking the PAN application status, NSDL has informed that as per Income-tax record, a PAN has already been issued to the Applicant previously and hence, the attached PAN application is currently on hold. We have enclosed herewith the latest screenshot from the NSDL portal. In this regard, the Applicant would like to clarify and confirm that this is the first and only application filed for obtaining PAN. Further, no PAN has been issued to the Applicant anytime before this.

It may be possible that the name of the Applicant could have been misread with some other entity having a similar name in the Income-tax Database. We request your urgent assistance in this regard as this entity is exploring to make investments in India and needs the PAN to open custody accounts in India.

We have already mailed the (NSDL) protean tech team and did not hear back from them, and hence, we have also filed this grievance on the income-tax portal. Requesting your revert at the earliest.