Name Change in Dehradun
The local side of a name change for people in Dehradun district: where we are, where each record is corrected in the city, which offices a Dehradun resident deals with, and what is different for the district's many central employees.
A name change in Dehradun follows the same three steps as anywhere in the state: an affidavit, a newspaper notice and the Gazette. What is local is where you go afterwards. Our associate office is at the Dehradun District Court on Haridwar Road, and the file for the Gazette of India is sent to Delhi.
This page is about name change in Dehradun, the district and the city. It does not repeat the process. It tells a resident where things are: our office, the kinds of office that correct each record here, and the points that come up often with a name change in Dehradun.
For the steps themselves, read gazette name change in Uttarakhand.
Where Is Our Dehradun Office?
Associate office, Dehradun
Dehradun District Court, 47/9, Haridwar Road, Near Prince Chowk, Court Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001
Mon to Sat: 9 AM to 6 PM
Call 9540005026 before you come, so that someone is at the desk for you.
How most Dehradun clients work with us
- Photos of the papers on WhatsApp 9540005064
- Drafts sent back for you to read and approve
- Papers signed and couriered, or brought to the office
- The Gazette file is prepared at our gazette desk in Delhi, where the Department of Publication is
You do not have to visit. People from Vikasnagar, Rishikesh, Doiwala, Mussoorie and Chakrata usually finish the whole thing without coming into the city. A visit helps where the papers are many, or old, and you would rather lay them on a table.
We are a private documentation consultancy. We are not part of the court, and not a Government office.
What Are the Three Steps, for a Dehradun Resident?
The process is the same across the state and is set out in full elsewhere. This is the outline, with the local point at each step.
Step 1: Decide if you need a Gazette at all
A spelling slip on one paper is corrected at the office that issued it. Send us the papers and we will tell you, free.
Step 2: Sign the affidavit before a notary
Notaries sit at the district court and near the tehsil offices. Read our draft first. See name change affidavit in Uttarakhand.
Step 3: Publish the newspaper notice
In a daily local leading newspaper, which for this district means one with a Dehradun edition. Keep the full original page.
Step 4: Sign the Gazette form, the undertaking and the certificate
With two witnesses. We prepare the typed copies and the CD.
Step 5: Pay the Government charge on BharatKosh
Online, from anywhere. Print the receipt.
Step 6: Send the file to the Department of Publication in Delhi, and wait for the Gazette
The Gazette of India is published online. Download the notification and print clear copies.
For the detail of each step, read newspaper notice for a gazette name change and how to send the gazette file from Uttarakhand to Delhi.
Where Is Each Record Corrected in Dehradun?
The Gazette changes nothing by itself. Each record is updated at its own office. These are the kinds of office a Dehradun resident deals with. Check the address and timings of each before you go.
| Record | Where a Dehradun resident goes | Our page |
|---|---|---|
| Aadhaar | An Aadhaar centre in the city, or at a bank or post office that offers updates | Aadhaar |
| PAN | Online, or through a PAN service centre | PAN |
| Passport | The passport office and its service centre at Dehradun, by appointment | Passport |
| Driving licence and vehicle papers | The regional transport office, largely online | Driving licence |
| Voter card | Online, or the booth level officer for your area | Voter ID |
| Birth and death certificates | The municipal corporation in the city, the cantonment board in a cantonment, the local body elsewhere | Birth certificate |
| Residence, caste and income certificates | The tehsil for your address, or the state's service portal | Residence certificate |
| Land records | The tehsil where the land lies | Khatauni |
| House tax and plots in the authority's schemes | The municipal corporation, and the development authority | Property |
| Electricity connection | The power corporation's sub-division for your area | Electricity bill |
| Doctors' and nurses' registration | The state councils, which are in Dehradun | Medical council |
Two local points. The district has several cantonments, and a birth or death in a cantonment is registered by that cantonment's board, not by the municipal corporation. And the district has more than one tehsil, so a certificate or a land record is corrected at the tehsil for that address, which may not be the one in the city.
Which Newspapers Have Dehradun Editions?
The Department of Publication asks for the change of name to be advertised in a daily local leading newspaper. It does not name newspapers. For a Dehradun resident, that means a daily that is printed for and widely read in the district.
- Several Hindi dailies publish a Dehradun edition, and a number of English dailies do as well.
- Choose a daily, not a weekly, and one a clerk in Delhi will recognise as a real newspaper of the place.
- Book the notice in the edition for your own district. A notice in another city's edition invites a question.
- Buy several copies on the day. The Department wants the original page, and offices here ask for one later.
- Read the proof before it prints. A wrong letter in the notice means publishing again.
We do not sell newspaper space and take no commission on it. We give you the wording, and can tell you which dailies our Dehradun clients have used without trouble. See newspaper notice for a gazette name change.
What Is Different for Central Government and Defence Employees?
Dehradun has an unusual number of central establishments: survey, forest, petroleum and scientific institutions, defence laboratories and factories, the military academy and several cantonments. Many of the people who ask us about a name change here are serving employees, or their wives and children.
- A serving central employee changes a name by the Government's 1987 procedure: a deed in the prescribed form, a notice in a prominent local newspaper and the Gazette of India. An affidavit is not what the office asks for.
- The deed is witnessed as the Department of Publication's guideline requires, by officers of the employee's own department. Arrange that in the office before the deed is typed.
- A woman employee's surname on marriage needs only an intimation and a request to her appointing authority.
- A soldier's or officer's family has its particulars in the service record. A wife's or child's name is corrected through the unit while he serves, and through the record office after he retires.
- Pensioners should check the spouse's name on the pension order.
Read name change for government employees, pension and family pension records and ECHS card name correction.
What About Students and Boarding Schools?
- The district has many residential schools, most on the national boards, and several universities and institutes. Children from other states study here.
- A correction of a name on a board certificate goes through the school to the board. The school's admission register decides what kind of request it is.
- A child whose parents live in another state can still have the school apply. The parents' own papers come from their home state.
- A minor's change of name in the Gazette is applied for by the parents, wherever the child is at school.
- Students going abroad from Dehradun's schools should bring the passport, the class 10 certificate and Aadhaar to one name well before applying.
Read CBSE and ICSE marksheet name correction and name change in education documents.
What About Records From Before the State Was Formed?
Uttarakhand was formed on 9 November 2000. A Dehradun resident born, schooled or employed before that holds papers issued under Uttar Pradesh.
- A school certificate from before 2000 was issued by the Uttar Pradesh board, and a correction of it goes to that board.
- A birth registered in Dehradun before 2000 is still in the local registrar's own register. The registrar here corrects it.
- Land records stayed with the tehsil and were carried into the new state.
- A caste or residence certificate issued before 2000 is best replaced by a fresh one from the tehsil, in your present name.
- Where an old paper and a new one name the state differently, that is not a mismatch in your name. Offices here are used to it.
What Does It Cost, and How Long Does It Take?
| Item | Cost | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Government fee, Gazette of India | Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 1,700 for a minor, paid on BharatKosh | Commonly 3 to 7 weeks to publication |
| Newspaper notice | The newspaper's own rate | A few days |
| Notary | The notary's fee and stamp | The same day |
| Our charge | Quoted per case | We start the day your papers are complete |
Being in Dehradun does not change the Government fee or the time. The file goes to the same office in Delhi from every district. Read gazette name change time and fees in Uttarakhand.
Which Areas of Dehradun District Do We Serve?
The whole district: the city and its cantonments, the valley towns and the hill tehsils. People outside the city usually work with us on WhatsApp and by courier.
We also serve every other district of the state from the same desk. See all services.
People Also Ask About Name Change in Dehradun
Where can I get a name change done in Dehradun?
The Gazette of India file is sent to Delhi. We prepare it from our Dehradun office or on WhatsApp.
Is there a Gazette office in Dehradun?
No. The Gazette of India is published from Delhi, and the state Gazette is printed at Roorkee.
Where is the name change affidavit made in Dehradun?
Before a notary, who sit at the district court and near the tehsil offices.
Which newspaper should I use in Dehradun?
A daily with a Dehradun edition that is widely read in the district.
Do I have to visit your office?
No. Most clients finish on WhatsApp and by courier.
How long does a gazette name change take from Dehradun?
Commonly 3 to 7 weeks, the same as from any district.
How many cantonment boards are in Dehradun district?
Four: Dehradun Cantonment, Clement Town, Landour and Chakrata. A birth or death inside one of them is registered, and corrected, by that cantonment board.
Is Rishikesh a municipal corporation?
Yes. Rishikesh and Dehradun are the district's two municipal corporations, so a birth in Rishikesh is corrected by the Rishikesh corporation. Muni Ki Reti across the river is in Tehri Garhwal district; see name change in Tehri Garhwal.
Which tehsils are in Dehradun district?
The lists include Dehradun, Vikasnagar, Rishikesh, Doiwala, Chakrata, Kalsi and Tyuni. Sources differ on the count as new tehsils are added, so check the one for your address on the district website.
Is Dehradun the capital of Uttarakhand?
Dehradun has served as the state's interim capital since Uttarakhand was formed in 2000, so most state headquarters and councils are in the city.
Who registers a birth in Mussoorie or Landour?
Mussoorie has its own municipal board, and Landour has a cantonment board. Each registers and corrects births and deaths in its own area.
Is Chakrata under a cantonment board?
Yes. The urban area of Chakrata is under its cantonment board, and the rest of the tehsil is rural, under the local bodies there. Chakrata is an access-restricted cantonment.
Talk to the Dehradun Desk
Send photos of the papers that do not match. We will tell you, free, if you need a Gazette or only a correction at a local office, and which office that is.
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Name Change in Dehradun: Frequently Asked Questions
How is a name change in Dehradun done?
Where is your office in Dehradun?
Are you part of the court or a Government office?
Do I have to come to the office?
Is the Gazette published in Dehradun?
Where do I get the affidavit notarised?
Which newspaper counts as local for Dehradun?
Where is a birth certificate corrected in Dehradun?
Which tehsil do I go to?
I work in a central Government office in Dehradun. Is the process the same?
My child is at a boarding school in Dehradun and we live in another state. Can the name be corrected here?
My school certificate is from before 2000. Who corrects it?
Is the Government fee different in Dehradun?
What do you charge?
Do you help people in Rishikesh, Vikasnagar and Mussoorie?
Will you tell me if I do not need a Gazette?
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Who Wrote and Reviewed This Page?
This page is written by the Documentation Desk Team of UttarakhandNameChange.com, the team that prepares Gazette files for people across Uttarakhand.
It is reviewed by Advocate Vipin Chauhan.
This is a local page. It names kinds of office and not their addresses or timings, which change. The requirement of a daily local leading newspaper is from the Department of Publication's guideline. Check each office's own website before you visit.
Official Sources
- District Dehradun, official websiteThe district administration, tehsils and public services.
- Department of Publication: Change of Name and Public NoticesThe change of name guideline.
- The Gazette of India, e-Gazette portalWhere the notification is published.
- Apuni Sarkar, Government of UttarakhandTehsil and local body services online.
- Passport Seva, Ministry of External AffairsPassport appointments and offices.
Name Change in Dehradun: The Short Version
The steps are the same as in the rest of the state, and the Gazette of India file goes to Delhi. What is local is everything after: Aadhaar and the passport in the city, birth records at the municipal corporation or a cantonment board, certificates and land at the right tehsil. Central employees use a deed, not an affidavit.
Our associate office is at the district court on Haridwar Road, and most clients never need to visit. Send your papers on WhatsApp 9540005064, and we will reply in working hours.
Name Change in Dehradun, From the District Court Office or on WhatsApp
Send photos of the papers that do not match. We tell you, free, what is needed.