197 certificate validation

I am given a certificate with a number ACIT/IT/C-2(1)/16-17, and can see some spelling errors in my name and address, so its a manually issued 197 certificate rather than ITD system generated one. The CA who gave the cert claims the deductee's PAN is based out of Mumbai, and as he applied at the Bangalore IT office, they gave such manual certificate.

I am skeptical of using this certificate as its no. is not the 10 digit alphanumeric format, and cpc validation may fail and I may get notice later. Any advice/experience ? Have any of you used manual 197 TDS certificates and had no problems ?

take help of TIN Facilation Center of your location 

https://www.tin-nsdl.com/etds-etcs/faq-etdsfurnishing.php

Yes it has to be 10 digit alphanumeric no. The TRACES portal menus in the PAN holder login does not have the option of 197 certificate validation, its only for the Deductor login.

Seems that holders of 197 certificates issued by NRI sellers of property have no way to verify it from Traces, which is a shame.

I have a ticket open with the tdscpc email support for this issue, waiting to see where it ends..