<h1>Ministry requires gazetted attestors for nationality certificates, causing refusals that block amateur radio candidates from exams and upgrades</h1> Under the Central radio licensing regime, applicants for the Amateur Station Operator's Certificate must upload identity documents and, if no passport is held, a prescribed 'nationality certificate' attested by a gazetted officer, a requirement the Ministry enforces as non-waivable. A statewide amateur radio association reports widespread refusal by authorised attestors to sign the proforma-citing contested evidentiary value of Aadhaar and PAN-preventing many candidates from taking the mandatory exam and impeding license upgrades. The impasse raises regulatory compliance and administrative-law questions about attestor liability, documentary standards, and proportionality, while also posing operational risks to disaster-response capacity; stakeholders have sought departmental intervention.