Bengaluru: Students preparing for SSLC board examination will be able to submit the online application form without filling their Aadhaar details as the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has removed it from the mandatory field.

A class 10 student and his father had filed a petition with the High Court of Karnataka alleging that the online application form could not be submitted without entering the student’s Aadhaar number even though the Department had not issued any official notice making it mandatory.

The High Court had issued an interim order permitting the petitioner-student to submit the application form manually and directed the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) to issue the hall ticket to him without insisting on Aadhaar details.

The Department’s decision to remove Aadhaar from the mandatory category has come as a relief to parents, students and school managements.

The Department took this decision on Thursday. “We will not insist on Aadhaar for issuing hall ticket,” an official said.