Office of the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) has issued New Guidelines for issuance of Digital Signature, which will be made applicable soon. According to the guidelines, all signatures including DSC subscriber & authorized person should be with blue-ink only and in case subscriber’s signature is different from that in ID Proof, a physical verification needs to be carried out. Further Photo ID proof and Address proof can be attested only by Banker, Gazetted officer or Post Master, LRA/RA and professional are not allowed to certify the documents. Power of attorney is not allowed for the purpose of DSC and for all Classes of certificates, other than identity & address proof, the identity credentials which appear in the certificate, like PAN number, e-mail, mobile number etc should be verified (by phone call to DSC Applicant) and mobile number of DSC applicant in the DSC application form is mandatory.