Name Change in Udaipur, Gomati District

On 21 January 2012 Tripura reorganised its four districts into eight. Gomati was carved out of South Tripura, with Udaipur as its headquarters. That is administrative history for most purposes, and a documentation fact for you.

The same applies elsewhere in the state. Unakoti came out of North Tripura, and Khowai and Sepahijala out of West Tripura, on the same date, so people in Kailashahar, Khowai and Sonamura have exactly the same pattern in their papers.

A headquarters town has the offices that smaller towns travel to, which changes the shape of this job considerably compared with, say, Karbook or Silachhari.

We have deliberately not printed office addresses or sitting days here, because those change and a confident wrong address costs you a journey. Ring the office before travelling, even within your own town.

Gomati has three sub-divisions: Udaipur, Amarpur and Karbook. If you live in the latter two, some things are available in your own sub-division and some mean coming to Udaipur rather than going all the way to Agartala, which is worth knowing before you plan a long day.

The wider picture of what is local across the state is on name change services in Tripura districts and towns.

An affidavit is sworn rather than filled in, so you appear in person, sign in front of the notary and have it attested. Notaries are found around court complexes, and Udaipur being a headquarters town means this is a short errand rather than a day out.

Get the spelling settled before this appointment, because the affidavit is what everything downstream copies. The format is on name change affidavit in Tripura.

There is no Gazette counter in Udaipur, in Agartala, or anywhere else in Tripura. The file goes to a single office in Delhi, which means distance from the capital is irrelevant to this step. Anybody in Udaipur offering to file a Central Gazette notice locally is describing something that does not exist; what they can legitimately do is prepare papers and send them to Delhi.

What goes into the file

A Central Gazette file is five papers and the Department accepts or returns it as a whole. Nothing is returned afterwards, so it is assembled once and assembled properly.

What the notice actually says

Three details decide acceptance. A wrong version is quoted exactly as printed, spacing and punctuation included, and never tidied. Where several records carry it, each is named in turn with its own wrong version. And the proforma is computer typed in two copies, signed in the existing old name, with both witnesses giving a full address. Use your current district, Gomati, in the address. Every variant is on the proforma format page.

The stages, and how it is filed from Udaipur

Only one office in India accepts a personal name change file, the Department of Publication at Civil Lines, behind the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station, Delhi 110054, and there is no counter in Agartala or Udaipur. Our Delhi head office lodges it in person. The local part stays in Gomati: the affidavit sworn before a notary here, and both newspaper notices booked together so the file is not waiting on one of them. The Government fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 1,700 for a minor, paid on BharatKosh only, non-refundable and revised each financial year, with our service charge always given as a separate line before anything is paid. Publication appears in Part IV commonly 30 to 45 days after filing, on a weekly release cycle, and the copy is a free PDF from egazette.gov.in that never expires and needs no attestation for use in India. The full route is on Gazette name change in Tripura.

This page is about Udaipur. The process is the same in every town in India, so it lives in one place rather than twenty.

Gomati district

The district created in January 2012 out of South Tripura, with Udaipur as its headquarters.

District headquarters

The town holding the district's main offices, which is why Udaipur residents travel less than most.

Sub-division

The level between district and block. Gomati has Udaipur, Amarpur and Karbook.

Reorganisation

The 2012 change from four districts to eight, which is why documents of different ages name different districts.

Notary

The officer before whom the affidavit is sworn in person, found around court complexes.

Village Committee

The local body in district council areas, which holds records there instead of a Panchayat.

Gram Panchayat

The local body in rural Panchayat areas, including for birth registration.

Complete original page

What the Gazette file needs from each newspaper, with masthead and date. A cutting is refused.

BharatKosh

The Government payment portal for the Gazette fee, used online from anywhere.

Part IV

The section of the Gazette of India carrying notices from private people.

Department of Publication

The only office in India accepting a personal name change file, at Civil Lines, Delhi.

Central Gazette

The Gazette of India, free to download once published and valid without attestation.

My old certificate says South Tripura. Is it wrong?

No. That was the district before January 2012.

Should I get it corrected to Gomati?

No. It would be historically wrong.

Do I have to go to Agartala?

For most things, no. The district offices are here.

Is there a Gazette office in Udaipur?

No. The only one is in Delhi.

What must I do in person?

Swear the affidavit before a notary.

Which district do I write on forms?

The current one, Gomati.