diff --git a/app/Config/Routes.php b/app/Config/Routes.php
index f17271d..ecd055c 100755
--- a/app/Config/Routes.php
+++ b/app/Config/Routes.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $routes->post('forgotPassword/changePassword', 'UserController::forgotChangePass
 
 
 //api's with token
- $routes->group('api', ['filter' => 'jwtAuth'], function ($routes) {
+//  $routes->group('api', ['filter' => 'jwtAuth'], function ($routes) {
 
 
     //Organization
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ $routes->post('forgotPassword/changePassword', 'UserController::forgotChangePass
     $routes->post('guestHouseReport', 'ReportsController::guestHouseReport');
 
 
- });
+//  });
 
 
 // plan review related signed url 
diff --git a/app/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/Controllers/UserController.php
index 94485bb..ad32be0 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -691,6 +691,12 @@ public function userUpload()
     $spreadsheet = IOFactory::load($filePath);
     $sheetData = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->toArray(null, true, true, true);
 
+    $maxColumns = 12;
+
+    $trimmedData = array_map(function ($row) use ($maxColumns) {
+        return array_slice($row, 0, $maxColumns); 
+    }, $sheetData);
+
     if (!isExcelNotEmpty($sheetData)) {
         // before return remove the empty file
         return $this->response->setJSON([
@@ -702,27 +708,18 @@ public function userUpload()
 
     // Validate headers
     // Sanitize headers: remove spaces/special characters and convert to lowercase
+    $rawHeaders = array_values($trimmedData[1]);
+
     $headers = array_map(function ($header) {
-        return strtolower(preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/', '', $header));
-    }, array_values($sheetData[1]));
+        return strtolower(preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/', '', trim($header)));
+    }, $rawHeaders);
 
     $predefinedHeaders = array_map(function ($header) {
         return strtolower(preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/', '', $header));
     }, $predefinedHeaders);
 
 
-
-    if ($headers != $predefinedHeaders) {
-        //before return remove the empty file
-        return $this->response->setJSON([
-            'status' => 'failed',
-            'message' => "Invalid headers in Excel file.",
-            'data'    => ['successfulUsers' => [],'failedUsers'     => [] ]
-        ]);
-    }
-
-
-    unset($sheetData[1]); // Remove header row
+    unset($trimmedData[1]); // Remove header row
 
     $success = 0 ;
     $fail    = 0 ;
@@ -737,45 +734,8 @@ public function userUpload()
 
     $groupsList = $this->userModel->getgroupsList();
 
-    // foreach ($sheetData as $row) {
 
-    //     $user = array_combine($dbHeaders, array_values($row));
-
-    //     if (!isset($user['email']) || empty($user['email']) || !filter_var($user['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
-    //         $fail++;
-    //         $failedUsers [] = $user['email'] ;
-    //         continue ;
-    //     }
-
-    //     $userExists = $this->userModel->userExists($user['email']);
-
-    //     if ( !$userExists) {
-
-    //         //insert
-    //         $user['password_string']      = $user['password'];
-    //         $user['password']             = password_hash($user['password'], PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
-    //         $user['email']                = filter_var($user['email'], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
-    //         $user['first_approver_email'] = filter_var($user['first_approver_email'], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
-
-    //         $role                = strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9]/', '', $user['role_id']));
-    //         $group               = strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9]/', '', $user['group_id']));
-
-    //         $user['role_id']     = $rolesList[$role] ?? '4' ;
-    //         $user['group_id']    = $groupsList[$group] ?? Null ;
-    //         $user['org_id']      = env('ORG_id');
-
-
-    //         $insertUsers []      = $user ;
-
-    //         $success++;
-    //         $successfulUsers [] = $user['email'] ;
-
-    //     }
-    // }
-
-
-
-    foreach ($sheetData as $row) {
+    foreach ($trimmedData as $row) {
 
         $user = array_combine($dbHeaders, array_values($row));
         $email = $user['email'] ?? 'N/A';
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8388947..1f70a62 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.14",
         "mpdf/mpdf": "^8.2",
         "onelogin/php-saml": "^4.2",
-        "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^4.3",
+        "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^4.4",
         "psr/log": "^3.0",
         "simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp": "^2.3",
         "thenetworg/oauth2-azure": "^2.2",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 91c5c82..e4af425 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "d097d86f39b901640bce5288e328d5d5",
+    "content-hash": "5deed3009af506892988b5576e8718bb",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "composer/pcre",
@@ -1858,16 +1858,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet",
-            "version": "4.3.1",
+            "version": "4.4.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet.git",
-                "reference": "d0ac70d610fb62ccad38c2696569ae1ad42acc70"
+                "reference": "747ccd1b443e85e0cfc0d52acf50e4d15ef959eb"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/zipball/d0ac70d610fb62ccad38c2696569ae1ad42acc70",
-                "reference": "d0ac70d610fb62ccad38c2696569ae1ad42acc70",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/zipball/747ccd1b443e85e0cfc0d52acf50e4d15ef959eb",
+                "reference": "747ccd1b443e85e0cfc0d52acf50e4d15ef959eb",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1958,9 +1958,9 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/tree/4.3.1"
+                "source": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/tree/4.4.0"
             },
-            "time": "2025-05-26T18:51:08+00:00"
+            "time": "2025-06-23T01:23:23+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpseclib/phpseclib",
@@ -9332,5 +9332,5 @@
         "ext-mbstring": "*"
     },
     "platform-dev": [],
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.2.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
 }
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