Uttarakhand Veterinary Council Registration Name Mismatch

From the published text and index of the Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984, and a court order that quotes it.

• A state veterinary council prepares and maintains the state veterinary register.
• No person other than a registered veterinary practitioner may hold office as a veterinary physician or surgeon under the Government or a local authority, or practise veterinary medicine in a state.
• Only a registered practitioner may sign or authenticate a veterinary health certificate, or give expert evidence in court on veterinary medicine.
• Where the state Government has so directed, a renewal fee is paid to the state council every five years to keep a name on the register.
• Where the fee is not paid, the name is removed. On payment a certificate of renewal is issued.
• The Act has provisions for restoration to the state register and for transfer of registration from one state to another.
• The Veterinary Council of India keeps a national register of those enrolled on state registers.

The central council's registration regulations ask an applicant for the full name in capital letters and the date of birth, with proof such as the matriculation certificate. They also carry a provision on altering a registered practitioner's name. We did not read that provision's terms.

Most rows need a form and patience. Only one needs a Gazette.

We could not find this state council's procedure. Councils of other professions treat these as two services, and that is a safe way to think about it.

Ask the council's office for its form, fee and list before you prepare anything. Where it asks for a Gazette notification, that is the paper we prepare. Where a marriage certificate is enough, you do not need us.

• Most veterinarians in the state work for the animal husbandry department. The Act makes registration a condition of holding a veterinarian's post under the Government.
• At appointment the department reads the registration certificate with the degree and the class 10 certificate. The service record is opened in that name.
• A veterinarian signs health certificates for animals, post-mortem reports and certificates for insurance and compensation claims.
• Each carries the name and the registration number. An insurer, a bank or a court may check them against the register.
• A livestock owner's compensation claim can be questioned where the certifying officer's name does not match.
• When the register is corrected or the name changed, the service record follows it, through the head of office.

Read name change for government employees and wild animal attack compensation name mismatch.

• The state's own veterinary college is at the agricultural university in Pantnagar. Many veterinarians here studied there, and others came from colleges elsewhere.
• The Act provides for the transfer of a registration from one state's register to another's.
• The new council enters the name from the old council's record. A slip in the old state's certificate is carried over unless it is corrected first.
• A correction of another state's register is asked for in that state.
• A woman who married and moved in the same year often has a degree in one name and an Aadhaar in another. Decide which name the Uttarakhand registration is to carry, and take the marriage certificate.

Step 1: Ask the council what it requires for a change of name

And which Gazette it accepts.

Step 2: Fix the exact new name

The spelling that will go on the register, Aadhaar and the service record.

Step 3: Make the affidavit

State the old name, the new name, your father's or husband's name and your address. Sign before a notary.

Step 4: Publish the newspaper notice

In a daily local leading newspaper. Keep the original newspaper.

Step 5: Type the form and sign the undertaking

Two typed copies of the specimen, signed in your old name with two witnesses, and the undertaking.

Step 6: Prepare the CD, photographs and certificate

The same text on a CD in MS Word, two self-attested photographs with identity proof, and a certificate that both copies match.

Step 7: Pay the charge on BharatKosh

Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult. It is not refunded.

Step 8: Send the file yourself, then apply to the council

Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. With the published Gazette, update Aadhaar and PAN, then apply to the council, and then tell your employer.

A veterinarian in Government service follows the service procedure for a change of name as well.

A typical case we handle: a veterinary officer posted in Pithoragarh was registered as "Kavita Arya", the name on her degree. After marriage she updated Aadhaar to "Kavita Arya Tamta", and her pay records were questioned when the two were compared. She asked us for a Gazette. We told her to ask the council and her department first, since a marriage certificate is commonly enough for a married name. She chose to keep her registered name, and gave her office the marriage certificate to explain her Aadhaar. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.

When you do not need us

For a slip against the degree, on Aadhaar or on the certificate, and usually for a married surname. We are useful where a veterinarian has changed a name by choice, or the council asks for a Gazette notification.

How do I correct my name in a veterinary council registration?

Apply to the council, with your degree and identity proof.

How does a veterinarian change a name after marriage?

By a change of name application, usually on the marriage certificate.

Is a gazette needed for a veterinarian's name change?

For a change by choice. Ask the council about marriage.

Which name should I register in?

The name on your veterinary degree, in full.

How often is veterinary registration renewed?

The Act speaks of a fee every five years.

Can veterinary registration be transferred between states?

Yes. The Act provides for transfer of registration.

Is there an Uttarakhand Veterinary Council?

Yes. The animal husbandry department's site describes the Uttarakhand Veterinary Council as a statutory body constituted under the Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984, to regulate veterinary practice in the state.

Where is the Uttarakhand Veterinary Council's office?

Its page on the department's site gives the address as the Uttarakhand State Veterinary Council, P.O. Kulhan, Dehradun, and names a registrar.

What fees does the Uttarakhand Veterinary Council charge?

Its published fee structure lists a provisional registration fee, a new registration fee with a processing fee, and a renewal fee with a processing fee. Read the amounts on the council's page.

Which number and year is the veterinary Act?

The Indian Veterinary Council Act is Act No. 52 of 1984, enacted on 18 August 1984, under the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

Has a court read the five-yearly renewal rule?

Yes. In a January 2024 order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court read sections 48 and 49 of the Act together, on renewal fees and removal from the register for non-payment.

Can I appeal a removal from the register?

The central council's regulations, as published summaries give them, allow a person aggrieved by a removal order under section 49(1) to appeal to the council within 60 days, in Form H.