It was weird. In one of the applications for PCPNDT registrations, I found an applicant had signed differently on the same form, on two copies of the same form, on two copies of declarations, and finally he had put his thumb impression on his affidavit. It looked like this.
What was noticeable was that there was a consistent deterioration of the signature, until finally it was replaced by a thumb impression. Handwriting (including signature) deteriorates in neurological diseases like motor neuron disease, Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, cerebellar disease, dystonias, progressive supranuclear palsy, Huntington's disease etc. But it is slow, progressive over a period of time. It is never in a period of five minutes, which is the time taken to affix signatures on various parts of the PCPNDT application form. I am curious about this applicant. Since there was this discrepancy, I had to ask for it to be sorted out before approving the application. So I should get the answer at the next meeting in a couple of months' time.
