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Well, you may still what ever happened to the license amidst all this? Thankfully it stands valid , but there’s another catch to it. The citizen notices that the address mentioned on the license is an old one. When the licensee approaches the officer for a second time to have it changed he is asked for a proof of residence. On producing his telephone bill as proof , to the officers , they refuse to accept it. Instead they ask him to produce either his ration card or voter’s ID.

Here’s where the entire public administration of small towns slowly begins to surface.On the pretext that fresh ration cards are to be issued, the rations department is busy clicking photographs of its applicants. How sweet of them! This would take them three months and another three months for processing. Alternatively the applicant can produce his Voter’s ID card or his passport. But he cannot do so as he is waiting for the election officers at the City Corporation to issue them. And unless the state headquarters in Bangalore trickles down its powers to the District Commissioner , that would not trigger off. This trickling would not take less than two months. The last alternative left now is that of the passport. But since the applicant has an old address recorded even on his passport it gets ruled out. For this to change he would have to spend few weeks outside his town.

Six months, 2 months or a few weeks is a lot of time in one’s life. The Road transport , food and passport departments have made life for a license bearing citizen a little more complex. Does the government have a license for smooth, co-ordinated functioning between its administrative departments? We, the public can easily deny them this license if asked for , as we do not need a license to exercise democratic opinions