India, Dec. 25 -- For those who have not paid the late fee and linked their Aadhar card to their PAN card, the deadline stands just seven days away. Failure to do so within the last day, which is December 31, 2025, would result in the unlinked PAN cards being inoperative.

Apart from the risk of PAN being inoperative, defaulters might also face a possible risk of disruption in services that include the usage of PAN cards, Hindustan Times reported earlier.

"For existing PAN holders, who were allotted PAN on or before 01-07-2017 it is mandatory to link PAN with Aadhaar. The Link Aadhaar service is available to individual taxpayers (both registered and unregistered on e-Filing Portal)," the official income tax website read.

For fresh PAN c...