PAN card alert: Applying for Permanent Account number? You may not have to do this anymore
At present, providing father's name in the PAN application Forms (Form No.49A and Form No.49AA) is mandatory, however, the applicant has been given an option to select the name of either father or mother, which the applicant may like to be printed on PAN card.
The applicant has been given an option to select the name of either father or mother,to be printed on PAN card, Image source:PTI