chennai if you are one of those yet to link your pan card with aadhaar as directed by the income tax department you are among the majority data tabled by ministry of finance in the lok sabha on friday shows just 25 of pan card holders had linked it with aadhaar as on july 17there were 3241 crore pan cards in the country as on july 17 the ministry said in a reply to a unstarred question in the lower house of this only 819 crore were linked with authenticated aadhaar in reply to another question it said 1146 lakh pan cards were weeded out of the system after it was found that multiple numbers had been allotted to one person also 1544 pans were marked false as they were in the names of people who were nonexistentcitizens have been getting smses from the it department saying linking pan with aadhaar is mandatory for filing returnsthe due date for filing it returns for individuals is july 31 as per section 139aa of the income tax act all those eligible to obtain the aadhaar should quote it in their it returns after july 1