The complete guide to changing your name in Dehradun and across the district. Three legal steps, the real Uttarakhand State Gazette vs Central Gazette choice, and a straight answer on where your file actually goes, with verified fees, documents and doorstep service.
A quick walkthrough of the affidavit, the newspaper ad and the gazette notification for Dehradun residents.
In this video, the YourDoorstep team explains how to change your name legally in Dehradun: the documents you need, the real fees, and how we handle the whole process at your doorstep.
Changing your name in Dehradun comes down to three legal steps: a notarised affidavit, a newspaper publication, and a gazette notification. Do all three correctly and your new name is recognised across every government and private record in India, from your passport and PAN to school and board certificates. Miss one, or let a spelling drift between them, and you are back to the start, paying the government fee again. This guide walks through the exact procedure for anyone living in Dehradun or the wider district, and it clears up something most other pages get badly wrong: where your file actually goes, and which gazette a Dehradun resident should choose.
To change your name legally in Dehradun, complete three steps. Sign a notarised affidavit stating your old name, new name and reason, publish the change in one Hindi and one English newspaper, then apply for a gazette notification. Dehradun residents can use the Uttarakhand State Gazette (printed at the Government Press, Roorkee) or the Central Gazette (Delhi). The Central fee is Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, and the total time is about 4 to 6 weeks.
Definition: A gazette notification is an official notice published in the Gazette (the Uttarakhand Gazette, or Part IV of the Gazette of India) that turns your name change into a public, legally recognised record, accepted by the passport office, banks, UIDAI and government departments.
Every legal name change in India, Dehradun included, runs through the same three stages. There is no shortcut, and doing one or two of them does not make the change legal.
State your old name, new name, father's or husband's name, address and reason, on stamp paper, signed before a notary or oath commissioner.
Publish the notice in two papers, one Hindi and one English. Keep the full original printed pages, not photos.
Apply through the Uttarakhand State Gazette or the Central Gazette with the affidavit, cuttings, ID, photos, declaration, CD and fee. Once published, this is your legal proof.
You swear an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper stating your old name, new name, father's or husband's name, address and the reason for the change. It is signed before a Notary Public or Oath Commissioner. In Dehradun you can buy e-stamp paper through SHCIL vendors and notarise it through any registered notary in the city, with many clustered around the District Court and Rajpur Road areas.
You publish a short name-change notice in two newspapers, one Hindi and one English. In Dehradun, widely circulated Hindi options include Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala and Hindustan, and English options include The Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Tribune. The ad carries your old name, new name, father's or husband's name and address. Keep the original printed pages, not phone photos, because they go into your gazette file.
You submit the affidavit, both newspaper pages, ID and address proof, a passport-size photo, a signed declaration and a soft-copy CD, along with the government fee. For the Uttarakhand State route, the file is handled by the Government Printing Press at Roorkee (portal govtpress.uk.gov.in) and appears in the Uttarakhand Gazette. For the Central route, the file goes to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, and is printed in Part IV of the Gazette of India, which you download from egazette.gov.in.
Several websites get this flat wrong. Here is the accurate picture, in the video and in plain words.
Dehradun is the capital of Uttarakhand, but the state's printing machinery is not in the city. If you use the Uttarakhand State Gazette, it is handled by the Directorate of Government Printing Press, which is based at Roorkee (portal govtpress.uk.gov.in), and published in the Uttarakhand Gazette. If you use the Central Gazette, your file goes to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, and is printed in Part IV.
So there is no Central Gazette counter in Dehradun, and the state press sits in Roorkee rather than the capital. In practice, your file is prepared in Dehradun and then routed to the right place: to the state press for the Uttarakhand route, or couriered to Delhi for the Central route.
Both are legally valid. The right choice depends on where you need the name recognised.
| Point | Uttarakhand State Gazette | Central Gazette of India |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Government Printing Press, Roorkee | Department of Publication, Delhi |
| How to apply | State press portal govtpress.uk.gov.in | File to Delhi by post, courier or a service |
| Published in | Uttarakhand Gazette | Part IV, Gazette of India |
| Download | govtpress.uk.gov.in | egazette.gov.in |
| Best for | Records staying inside Uttarakhand | Passport, visa, PAN, central jobs, embassies |
Choose the Central Gazette if you need it for a passport, visa or foreign embassy; if you are updating PAN or Aadhaar and want the most widely trusted proof; if your employer runs strict background verification; if you work in or plan to apply for a central government or defence role; or if your records may travel beyond Uttarakhand. Given how many Dehradun residents deal with passports, visas and central or defence services, this covers most people here.
Choose the Uttarakhand State Gazette if your records, job and life are staying within the state, and you would prefer a route that is often cheaper, handled through the state press at Roorkee.
Filing from elsewhere in Uttarakhand, or moving for work? The gazette routes are identical across the state. See the full Uttarakhand name change guide for the parent state, the Lucknow guide for UP next door, and the Delhi guide for where the central files land.
The pages ranking for this topic copy each other, and the same errors travel from site to site. Here is what they say, against the verified position, so your file is not built on a myth.
| What many websites say | The verified fact |
|---|---|
| "The Central Gazette office is located in North Dehradun at Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Dehradun-110054" | That is Delhi's address with the city name swapped in. 110054 is a Delhi PIN code. The Department of Publication sits at Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, and there is no Central Gazette office anywhere in Dehradun. |
| "The gazette fee ranges from Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,700 depending on the type of name change" | The fee depends on age, not on the type. Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 1,700 for a minor, whether it is a correction, a post-marriage change or a full new name. |
| "Applicants living abroad pay Rs 7,500" | The Department of Publication's figure for applicants living abroad is Rs 3,500 on BharatKosh, plus embassy attestation of the deed. Rs 7,500 is a service bundle price presented as the government fee. |
| "Publish your ad in all major national newspapers" | Two newspapers are enough: in practice one local daily and one national daily, and for a simple name change there is no language restriction. Nothing requires an expensive national blitz. |
| "Send your application along with a DD of the fee" | Demand drafts are not accepted at all. The Central Gazette fee is paid online through BharatKosh (NTRP) only, and the fee is non-refundable. |
| "The change of name notification will get published and you will receive the copies at the address you mentioned" | No copies arrive by post. Printed Central Gazette copies stopped from 1 October 2015. You download the PDF yourself from egazette.gov.in (Part IV, published every Saturday), and it needs no certification or stamp. |
| "After marriage, a name change is required and the wife's surname is updated to the husband's" | Nothing in Indian law requires it. Keeping your maiden name is perfectly valid on every document. If you choose to change it, the same three steps apply with your marriage certificate added. |
| "Only Indian citizens above 18 residing in Dehradun can apply" | A minor's name is changed by the parents through the same gazette route at Rs 1,700, and nothing ties the application to residence in Dehradun. The Central Gazette accepts files from anywhere in India, and NRIs apply too at Rs 3,500. |
| "Public dealing hours in Delhi are 10 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 3 PM" | The Department of Publication's public dealing runs 10 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 4 PM on working days. An hour matters when you have travelled with a physical file. |
| "Any old affidavit and newspaper ad will work" | The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, and documents once submitted are not returned. |
| "Fix your birth certificate spelling through the gazette" | A birth certificate correction is a Registrar matter under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through Dehradun Nagar Nigam or your local Registrar, not the gazette. |
Have these ready before you start. A missing or mismatched document is the number-one cause of delay.
| Document | Needed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Notarised name-change affidavit | Yes | Old name, new name, reason, father's/husband's name, address |
| Original newspaper cuttings | Yes | One Hindi, one English, full printed pages |
| Identity proof | Yes | Aadhaar, PAN, passport or voter ID |
| Address proof | Yes | Aadhaar, voter ID, utility bill or rent agreement |
| Two passport-size photos | Yes | Recent |
| Name-change proforma / application form | Yes | Prescribed format |
| Signed matching declaration | Yes | Hard copy and soft copy match |
| CD or pen drive (soft copy) | Yes | Notification text in MS Word |
| Government fee receipt | Yes | BharatKosh (Central) or state payment (Uttarakhand route) |
| Marriage certificate | For marriage | Surname change after marriage |
| Divorce decree | For divorce | Restoring your maiden name |
| Parents' ID + child's birth certificate | For minors | Guardian applies and signs |
| Embassy-attested deed | For NRIs | Attested by the Indian Embassy or High Commission |
| Deed + departmental route | For government / defence staff | Under the MHA Office Memorandum |
Mostly, not entirely. You can draft the affidavit, book the newspaper ads, pay the fee, and download the final gazette PDF online. What is not purely online: notarisation needs a notary's signature, and for the Central route the physical file reaches Delhi by post or courier. The Uttarakhand state route is handled through the Government Press at Roorkee, so the file is routed there rather than completed at a Dehradun counter.
So "100 percent online" overstates it. Call it mostly online, with one notary step, and that is exactly the part we handle for you.
Costs vary with your newspaper choice and whether you do it yourself or hire help. Here are realistic ranges.
| Item | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| E-stamp paper for affidavit | Rs 10 to Rs 100 |
| Notary / affidavit drafting | Rs 100 to Rs 500 |
| Newspaper ads (both papers) | Rs 400 to Rs 3,000 (depends on the papers) |
| Central Gazette fee (adult) | Rs 1,100 (BharatKosh) |
| Central Gazette fee (minor) | Rs 1,700 (BharatKosh) |
| Extra alias name in the notice | Rs 250 per alias, added to the gazette fee |
| Central Gazette fee (living abroad) | Rs 3,500 as per the Department of Publication guidelines (BharatKosh) |
| Uttarakhand State Gazette fee | Nominal state fee (varies) |
| Courier of file to Delhi (Central route) | Rs 100 to Rs 300 |
| Self-done total | Roughly Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 plus |
Plan for about 4 to 6 weeks end to end: the affidavit and notarisation take a day, the newspaper publication a few days to a week depending on the paper's schedule, and the gazette processing roughly 30 to 45 days for the Central route after a clean submission. The Uttarakhand State route can sometimes be quicker for state-level use.
Updating your individual documents afterward, such as Aadhaar, PAN and passport, is a separate timeline on top of this. There is no official fast-track, so anyone promising a "3-day gazette" is not being straight with you.
Getting the gazette is the milestone, not the finish line. You still carry it into each record, and order matters.
| Order | Document | How to update |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aadhaar | Update at an Aadhaar Seva Kendra with the gazette; it is the base ID others reference |
| 2 | PAN | Apply for name correction with your updated Aadhaar and the gazette copy |
| 3 | Passport | Re-issue at the Dehradun Passport Seva Kendra with the Central Gazette |
| 4 | Bank & KYC | Update once your core IDs reflect the new name |
| 5 | Voter ID, licence, ration card | Submit the respective correction forms |
| 6 | School, board & university records | CBSE, ICSE, Uttarakhand Board and universities accept the gazette for corrections |
| 7 | Employer, PF, insurance, property | Update as needed with the gazette |
For each update you usually submit copies of the affidavit, the newspaper ad and the gazette notification together. Keep several printouts, because every office wants its own copy. In a school-heavy city like Dehradun, board and university records are a common reason people need the gazette.
Here is something most Dehradun name-change pages get flat wrong: they tell you to run a gazette notification to fix a spelling mistake in a birth certificate. That is the wrong route.
A clerical or spelling error in a birth certificate, a wrong letter or a registrar's typo, is corrected by the Registrar of Births and Deaths under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through the local municipal body, which in the city is Nagar Nigam Dehradun. It is not a gazette job. The gazette route is for an actual change of name, adopting a genuinely different name.
A woman changing her surname follows the same three steps and adds her marriage certificate to the file. Taking a spouse's surname is a choice, not a legal compulsion, but the gazette is what makes it stick across Aadhaar, PAN, passport and bank.
Reverting to a maiden or previous name again uses the affidavit, newspaper and gazette route, with the decree as supporting proof. The process does not change; only the reason and supporting document differ.
A parent or legal guardian applies and signs on the child's behalf. The minor fee is typically Rs 1,700. For CBSE, ICSE, the Uttarakhand Board and most boards, expect them to ask for the gazette (and sometimes a court order) for school records.
Dehradun has a notable government and defence presence, so this matters here. Central government employees and defence personnel do not file the standard self-application gazette. They follow the Ministry of Home Affairs Office Memorandum No. 190016/1/87-Estt.(A) dated 12/03/1987, which involves executing a deed, giving the required declarations, and publishing the change through the proper departmental channel.
A gazette on its own is only useful once your other records match it. We help you update your new name across all the documents that matter.
Name change or spelling correction with the gazette as proof.
Name update through the NSDL or UTIITSL route.
Name correction on the electoral roll via Form 8.
Re-issue with your new name using the Central Gazette.
Name update at the RTO with the gazette copy.
Update your name across bank accounts and KYC records.
Records for CBSE, ICSE, Uttarakhand Board and universities.
Correction through the Nagar Nigam Registrar under the RBD Act, not the gazette.
Name change on policies and insurance records.
Tell us which documents you need updated. Call 9540005026 and we guide you through each one after the gazette.
We handle name change work for people all across Dehradun and the wider district, with doorstep pickup and delivery.
From Rajpur Road, Clock Tower and Dalanwala to Race Course, Ballupur and outer areas like Vikasnagar and Doiwala, the legal steps are identical, because a name change runs on paperwork, not on which part of Dehradun you live in. The same file works across Uttarakhand and everywhere in India, and birth certificate corrections stay with Dehradun Nagar Nigam or your local Registrar.
Do not see your area? We still cover it. Call 9540005026 and we will confirm.
Most rejections come down to avoidable mismatches. Because the gazette fee is non-refundable, a rejection means paying again.
| Reason | What to do instead |
|---|---|
| Name mismatch across affidavit, ads and ID | Fix one exact spelling and use it everywhere, even initials |
| Wrong newspaper mix (two English or two Hindi) | Use one Hindi and one English paper |
| Photo or scan of the newspaper | Submit the original printed page |
| Incomplete proforma or missing declaration | Complete every field and sign the declaration |
| Soft copy (CD) that does not match the hard copy | Make the CD text identical to the proforma |
| Wrong fee amount or missing receipt | Pay the correct category and attach the receipt |
| Blurry or expired ID / address proof | Use clear, current documents |
| Documents more than one year old | The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, so file while papers are fresh; documents once submitted are not returned |
Doing it yourself is entirely possible and saves the service fee, if you have time to draft the affidavit correctly, book two newspaper ads, prepare the CD in the right format, pay the fee, and either route the file to the state press at Roorkee or courier a matched file to Delhi. The trade-off is the rejection risk: one small mismatch and you restart, minus the non-refundable fee.
A Dehradun name-change agent handles the affidavit, the newspaper booking, the file preparation, the fee and the submission, and tracks the publication for you. It is the sensible choice if your time is tight, if there is a deadline such as a passport appointment, a visa interview or an overseas move, or if your case has a wrinkle: a minor, a divorce, a government or defence service record, a visa name-mismatch, or a document already carrying a spelling error.
The Uttarakhand State Gazette through the Roorkee press or the Central Gazette in Delhi, we advise which fits your case and run it for you.
We book both newspaper ads for you in the correct format, in the dailies that circulate in Dehradun.
Document pickup and delivery across Dehradun, from Rajpur Road to Clement Town, with everything else on call and WhatsApp.
We review the full file before filing, so there are fewer rejections, and we handle Aadhaar, PAN and passport after.
How much does the Central Gazette cost for Dehradun residents? Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, paid on BharatKosh (NTRP). Each extra alias name adds Rs 250, applicants living abroad pay Rs 3,500, and the fee is non-refundable.
How fresh do my documents need to be? The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, so complete the affidavit, newspaper ads and gazette filing without a long gap. Documents once submitted are not returned.
Is there a gazette office in Dehradun? Not a Central one. The Uttarakhand Government Press that handles the state gazette is at Roorkee, and the Central Gazette office is in Delhi. Your file is prepared in Dehradun and then routed to one of them.
Is the Central Gazette office in Uttarakhand-110054? No. That is a common error on some websites. The Central Gazette office is in Civil Lines, Delhi-110054.
Should I use the Uttarakhand State Gazette or the Central Gazette? The state route suits records staying inside Uttarakhand; the Central Gazette is best for passport, visa, PAN and pan-India needs.
Is a birth certificate name change done through the gazette? No. It is a Registrar correction under Section 15 of the RBD Act, 1969, through Nagar Nigam Dehradun.
We advise the right route, prepare the affidavit, book the Hindi and English newspaper ads, pay the fee, and file the gazette for you, then guide you on updating Aadhaar, PAN and passport. Doorstep service across Dehradun, honest pricing.
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Central Gazette government fee: Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor on BharatKosh, plus Rs 250 per extra alias and Rs 3,500 if you live abroad. The Uttarakhand State Gazette route has its own fee. Stamp paper, notary and two newspaper ads come on top.
There is no Central Gazette office in Dehradun. The Uttarakhand State Gazette comes from the Government Press at Roorkee (govtpress.uk.gov.in), and Central Gazette files go to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, public dealing 10 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 4 PM.
Partly online: the state press portal govtpress.uk.gov.in and gazettes.uk.gov.in carry the state side, and the Central route runs BharatKosh payment plus the final download from egazette.gov.in. The complete central file still reaches Delhi by post or in person.
Same three steps, with your marriage certificate added to the file. The affidavit states your maiden name and married name. No court appearance is needed.
Central Gazette: search your name on egazette.gov.in under Weekly Gazette, Part IV, published every Saturday. Uttarakhand Gazette issues sit on gazettes.uk.gov.in. Neither PDF needs certification.
Uttarakhand Board and universities update records against the gazette notification, so complete the gazette first. Board-specific forms and timelines then apply on top of it.
Legally you can file yourself, since the process is paperwork, not court. An agent mainly saves you from format rejections, and because the fee is non-refundable, one bounced file costs more than most assistance. Call 9540005026.
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The fees, portals and process on this page are checked against official Government sources, not copied from other blogs.
Government fees and timelines can change from time to time. Always confirm current details on the official portals above before you apply.
Changing your name in Dehradun is a defined three-step legal process: affidavit, newspaper publication and gazette notification. Two things trip people up: the myth of a local "Dehradun gazette office," and the choice between the Uttarakhand State Gazette and the Central Gazette. There is no Central counter in Dehradun; the state press is at Roorkee, and the Central office is in Delhi-110054, not "Uttarakhand-110054." For a passport, visa, PAN or a central or defence role, anything that must be recognised outside Uttarakhand, the Central Gazette is the safer pick. For records staying within the state, the Uttarakhand route is a valid, often cheaper option. Match your name exactly across every document, keep your original newspaper copies, and update your records in the right order. Expect about 4 to 6 weeks and a realistic budget of Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 plus. If there is a deadline, a visa interview, a minor, a divorce, a service record or an existing spelling error in the mix, we can handle it end to end at your doorstep.
Three clean steps and two routes: we advise which fits you, then prepare and file the gazette across Dehradun, and update your Aadhaar, PAN and passport.
