The Income Tax Department is in the process of upgrading software applications. It is for information of PAN applicants that PAN allotment by Income Tax Department will remain suspended b/w 05.10.2015 to 09.10.2015 due to PAN data migration activity. However, PAN applications, through on-line and off-line modes, will continue to be received by PAN Service centers of M/s NSDL and M/s UTIITSL. The back log of PAN applications will be cleared within three days. Inconvenience to taxpayers regretted.