diff --git a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
index 9518d202..3066ada1 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
@@ -3785,14 +3785,6 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
 
                 $this->handleCliamFiles($file_data, $ticket_id, $ticket_message_id);
 
-                // Merge all uploaded PDFs for this ticket into a single combined PDF
-                try {
-                    helper('merge_pdf');
-                    merge_ticket_pdfs((int) $ticket_id);
-                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-                    log_message('error', 'EmployeeRestController::initiateClaim | merge_ticket_pdfs failed | ticket_id=' . $ticket_id . ' | ' . $e->getMessage());
-                }
-
                 $mail_sent_status = ($this->ticketController->sendAutoMailTrigger($ticket_id));
                 if (gettype($mail_sent_status) == 'array') {
                     $message = 'Claim Iniated Successfully';
@@ -3931,6 +3923,15 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
                 }
             }
 
+            if (! empty($insert_ids)) {
+                try {
+                    helper('merge_pdf');
+                    merge_ticket_pdfs((int) $ticket_id);
+                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                    log_message('error', 'EmployeeRestController::handleCliamFiles | merge_ticket_pdfs failed | ticket_id=' . $ticket_id . ' | ' . $e->getMessage());
+                }
+            }
+
             $count = $this->ticketMaster->where('id', $ticket_id)->where('is_active', 1)->where('tpa_claim_push_reference_no IS NULL')->countAllResults();
             log_message('error', 'Ticket validation | Ticket ID: ' . $ticket_id . ' | Matching active tickets with NULL TPA reference: ' . $count);
             if ($count > 0 && $pdf_exist_in_the_file && $tpa_claim_push == true) {
@@ -5452,14 +5453,6 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
         $result = $this->handleCliamFiles($file_data, $ticket_id, null, false, true);
 
         if (! empty($result)) {
-            // Merge all uploaded PDFs for this ticket into a single combined PDF
-            try {
-                helper('merge_pdf');
-                merge_ticket_pdfs((int) $ticket_id);
-            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-                log_message('error', 'EmployeeRestController::uploadIRDocs | merge_ticket_pdfs failed | ticket_id=' . $ticket_id . ' | ' . $e->getMessage());
-            }
-
             // $this->ticketMaster->where('id', $ticket_id)->set(['required_docs', $required_docs])->update();
             db_connect()->query(
                 "UPDATE ticket_master SET required_docs = ? WHERE id = ?",
diff --git a/app/Controllers/TicketController.php b/app/Controllers/TicketController.php
index 6addab9a..4e219a4a 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/TicketController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/TicketController.php
@@ -3677,13 +3677,6 @@ class TicketController extends BaseController
                 $employeeRest = new EmployeeRestController();
                 $result = $employeeRest->handleCliamFiles($file_data, $ticket_id);
                 if(!empty($result)){
-                    // Merge all uploaded PDFs for this ticket into a single combined PDF
-                    try {
-                        helper('merge_pdf');
-                        merge_ticket_pdfs((int) $ticket_id);
-                    } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-                        log_message('error', 'TicketController::upload_url | merge_ticket_pdfs failed | ticket_id=' . $ticket_id . ' | ' . $e->getMessage());
-                    }
                     return $this->respond(['status' => true, 'message' => 'File uploaded successfully ']);
                 }else{
                     return $this->respond(['status' => false, 'message' => 'Failed to upload file ']);