Is submission of Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for transfer/ transmission / transposition of shares in physical form?

SEBI has made it mandatory to furnish a copy of the PAN to the Company/ R&TA in the following cases, viz., (a) for securities market transactions and off-market transactions involving transfer of shares in physical form; (b) Deletion of name of the deceased holder(s), where the shares are held in the name of two or more shareholders; (c) Transmission of shares to legal heir(s), where deceased shareholder was the sole holder of the shares; and (d) Transposition of shares – where there is a change in the order of names in which physical shares are held jointly in the names of two or more shareholders.