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.
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) |
| 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.
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 |
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.
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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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.
