An ex-director of a Private Limited Company with an active DIN can join government job
You can join a government job but reveal your active DIN status as mentioned in the second last para graph because of the following reasons:- DIN is a unique id like PAN and Aadhar. If you have served as a Director in a Company, coming under Companies Act, then you cannot cancel or surrender your DIN. It will continue to remain in force. Only if you haven't served as Director of any company, coming under Companies Act, can you surrender your DIN. Check the link Cancellation or surrender or Deactivation of DIN So even after you resign from your post as Director your DIN will remain in force and from my understanding of the law you cannot surrender nor you can cancel it. This number is issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (M CA). It is for lifetime. In the following conditions only, it can be surrendered and cancelled: - Rule 11 of the Companies (Allotment and Qualification of Directors) Rules 2014 talk about cancellation or surrender or deactivation of Director Identificati