Parivahan Sarathi Name Correction for a Tripura Driving Licence
Sarathi is the licensing side of the Parivahan portal, and the vehicle side, where your RC name change is filed, is separate. Its name correction flow is short but unforgiving: it asks for the state that issued your licence before it will look you up, it authenticates you through Aadhaar e-KYC, and it will not let you past the OTP if the mobile linked to your Aadhaar is not the one in your hand. This page walks the flow screen by screen for a Tripura holder, tells you exactly what each box wants, what to upload and to what specification, how to read the acknowledgement, and how to track it afterwards. Which proof your case needs and which RTO holds your licence are on name change in driving licence.
On Sarathi, choose driving licence related services and the state that issued your licence, enter the licence number and date of birth with the consent box ticked, select the state and RTO, confirm the registered address, generate an OTP and authenticate with Aadhaar e-KYC, choose Change of Name in DL, edit the name exactly as your proof spells it, accept the declaration with the captcha, upload the proof, photograph and signature, pay the fee, and save the acknowledgement with its reference number.
The Sarathi flow at a glance
- Portal
- Sarathi, reached from Parivahan Sewa under driving licence related services
- First choice
- The state that issued the licence, not the state you live in
- Look-up
- Licence number and date of birth, with the consent box ticked, then Get Details
- Office
- State and RTO selected from the dropdown; the office that holds your record
- Address
- The registered address is shown for confirmation, not for editing here
- Authentication
- Generate OTP on the Aadhaar-linked mobile, then Authenticate with Sarathi
- Service
- Change of Name in DL, from the list of DL services
- Edit
- The new name typed exactly as the uploaded proof spells it
- Uploads
- The proof, an address proof where the address also changes, a photograph and a signature
- End
- Payment, then an acknowledgement with the application reference number for tracking and for the counter
Key takeaways
- The issuing state is the first question and the commonest mistake. A Tripura resident with a licence from another state selects that state, not Tripura.
- Aadhaar e-KYC is the gate. If Aadhaar carries the old name or the mobile is not linked to it, the flow stops before the service list.
- Type the name to match the upload, letter for letter. The portal does not correct spelling and the counter compares the two.
- Have the four uploads ready before you start: the proof, an address proof if needed, a photograph and a signature image.
- Save the acknowledgement. It is your tracking number and the paper the RTO counter asks for.
- Paying is not approval. The licensing authority still verifies your originals.
Before you open the Sarathi portal
In front of you
- The licence card, for the number in its current format
- Your date of birth as it is printed on it
- The Aadhaar-linked mobile, unlocked
- The proof for your case, scanned
Already done
- Aadhaar carrying the name you are applying for
- The Gazette published, if yours is a change of name
- The decision on which RTO holds your licence
- A photograph and a signature image saved on the device
The Sarathi screens in order for a name correction
| Screen | What you do | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Driving licence related services | Choose the state that issued the licence | Issuing state, not your current state |
| 2. DL services, continue | Read the instructions and continue | The instruction screen names what will be verified later |
| 3. Look-up | Licence number, date of birth, captcha, consent box, Get Details | The number in its current format, as printed on the card |
| 4. Confirm your record | Your name and details appear; select the state and RTO | If the details are not yours, stop and ask the RTO |
| 5. Address | The registered address is shown; confirm it | An old address here is why the new card goes astray |
| 6. e-KYC | Enter the mobile, generate the OTP, authenticate with Sarathi | The Aadhaar-linked mobile only |
| 7. Services list | Choose Change of Name in DL and proceed | Other services on the same list; pick the right one |
| 8. Edit | Type the new name, confirm | Letter for letter as the upload spells it |
| 9. Declaration | Tick the declaration, enter the captcha, proceed | It is a statement, not a formality |
| 10. Uploads and payment | Proof, photograph, signature; pay the fee | Specifications below |
| 11. Acknowledgement | Download and print it | The reference number tracks the case and goes to the counter |
The issuing state: the screen that decides everything
Sarathi is organised by state because the licensing authority is a state office. Your record lives with the state and the RTO that issued the licence, and the portal will only find you if you tell it the right one. A Tripura resident whose licence was issued in Assam, Delhi or Bengaluru during a job posting selects that state, and a person who moved into Tripura and transferred the licence selects Tripura. Selecting your current state for a licence issued elsewhere returns nothing, and applicants read that as "the portal is not working". If you cannot remember, the licence number itself begins with the issuing state and office code.
Aadhaar e-KYC and the OTP on Sarathi
Before the service list appears, the portal authenticates you against Aadhaar: you enter the mobile number, generate an OTP and authenticate with Sarathi. Two conditions have to hold. The mobile has to be the one registered with Aadhaar, because the OTP goes there and nowhere else. And Aadhaar has to carry the name you are applying for, because the whole point of the correction is to bring the licence to the name your identity record already shows. If Aadhaar is still in the old name, the sensible order is Aadhaar first and Sarathi second; see name change in Aadhaar card and, if the mobile is the problem, the Aadhaar Seva Kendra page.
The edit screen: typing the new name
The edit screen shows your existing particulars and lets you change the name. Type it exactly as the document you are about to upload spells it, including the surname form you have settled on. This is where a Tripura application quietly fails: Debbarma typed on the portal, Deb Barma on the Gazette, and a counter that cannot pass either. Decide the spelling once, use it here, on the Gazette, on Aadhaar and everywhere after; the family question is on community surname spelling in Tripura. Check the field before you confirm, because editing after submission means a fresh application.
The uploads and their specifications
| Upload | What it is | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Name proof | Gazette page for a change; marriage certificate for a married surname; a correctly spelt document for a slip | Whole page, legible, within the size limit the upload screen states |
| Identity proof | Aadhaar, usually already read through e-KYC | Upload where the screen asks for it |
| Address proof | Only where the address is also being changed | Aadhaar, a recent utility bill, a passbook or the ration card |
| Photograph | Recent passport-style photograph | Plain background, face clear, to the size the screen states |
| Signature | Your signature on white paper, scanned | Black ink, inside the frame, to the stated size |
Scan at the limit rather than above it, and keep the file names simple. A rejected upload at this stage is only an inconvenience; a wrong document accepted here becomes a rejection at the counter, which costs a visit.
The whole Sarathi flow in six steps
Issuing state
Driving licence related services; choose the state that issued the licence.
Look yourself up
Licence number, date of birth, captcha, consent; Get Details.
RTO and address
Select the office holding your record; confirm the registered address.
e-KYC
OTP on the Aadhaar-linked mobile; authenticate.
Change of Name in DL
Type the new name; declaration and captcha; upload the four files.
Pay and print
Fee online; download the acknowledgement; note the reference number.
Payment and the acknowledgement
The fee is paid on the portal by card, net banking or UPI, and the amount is shown on the payment screen for your state and service; in most states a name change in a licence sits in the low hundreds once the smart card and service charges are added. When the payment succeeds the portal produces an acknowledgement carrying the application reference number, your licence number and the service applied for. Download it, print it, and keep the payment receipt with it. Paying does not approve anything: it books your application into the RTO's queue. Where the office wants an appointment, the same portal offers the slot.
Tracking the application
Application status sits under driving licence related services on the portal and asks for the application reference number, the licence number and the date of birth. It shows whether the application is with the RTO, whether a document has been objected to, and when the card has been printed or dispatched. Check it a few days after the counter visit rather than daily; nothing moves between the application and the verification. If the status has not changed for weeks after verification, the reference number is what you quote when you ask the RTO.
What the RTO does next
The licensing authority verifies your originals against the uploads, satisfies itself that the person applying is the person on the licence, and approves the change; then the new smart card is printed with the same licence number and validity and either posted to the registered address or kept for collection. Carry the acknowledgement, the original licence, the original of every document you uploaded and self-attested copies. The counter list and the wider routing are on name change in driving licence.
Sarathi errors and their fixes
| What you see | Why | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| No record found for this licence | Wrong issuing state, or the number typed in an old format | Select the issuing state; type the number exactly as printed |
| OTP does not arrive | The mobile is not the one registered with Aadhaar | Update the mobile at an Aadhaar centre, then return |
| e-KYC name does not match | Aadhaar still carries the old name | Correct Aadhaar first |
| Change of Name in DL not in the list | The e-KYC did not complete, or the state offers it only at the counter | Redo the authentication; if it is still absent, ask the RTO |
| Upload rejected | File over the size limit or unreadable | Rescan at the stated size, whole page in frame |
| Payment debited, no acknowledgement | The session dropped after payment | Log back in and check the application status before paying again |
| The details shown are not yours | A number typed wrongly, or a record clash | Stop; do not proceed on another person's record; ask the RTO |
What the Sarathi application costs
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Change of name in DL | Commonly a few hundred rupees, in the range of Rs 200 to Rs 500 with the smart card and state service charges; the payment screen shows yours |
| Address change in the same application | Where the state allows it together, usually no second service fee |
| Transfer of licence, if you want a Tripura RTO | A separate service with its own fee |
| Gazette, only for a change of name | Commonly Rs 1,100 adult, revised each financial year |
| Our service charge | None for the portal step |
Packages are on the services page; Gazette stage fees on time, fees and rejection reasons.
Central Gazette and the upload screen on Sarathi
The portal walkthrough on this page stops at one box for many applicants: the place where a name proof has to be attached. Aadhaar and e-KYC handle spellings that already exist somewhere. A change of name does not exist anywhere until it is published, and the portal cannot invent it. The Central Gazette is what goes in that box, being a notice published by the Government of India in Part IV of the Gazette of India, available as a PDF that you can upload as often as you need.
When the Central Gazette is the answer
| Your situation | Why the Gazette is what works |
|---|---|
| The upload asks for a name proof you do not have | The published page is the document that fits |
| The e-KYC name does not match because Aadhaar is unchanged | Publish, correct Aadhaar, then the authentication passes |
| An application was rejected for want of supporting proof | The status page usually names this reason |
| You are correcting licence and RC together | The same PDF is uploaded on both sides of the portal |
| You hold a licence from another state | The published notice travels with you to any RTO |
The four papers in a Gazette file, and the two newspaper notices
People imagine the Gazette is one form. It is four signed papers and two printed notices, and a file missing any one of them waits at the counter instead of going forward. This is the whole set, in the order it is prepared.
| Step | The paper | What it says and who signs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Affidavit | On non-judicial stamp paper, notarised in person in Tripura. It names you, your father's or husband's name and your full address, declares that you have changed your name from the old one to the new one, and ends with a verification stating the place and the date. You sign as the deponent twice, once under the declaration and once under the verification. |
| 2 | Newspaper notices | The same wording published in one Bengali daily and one English daily circulating in Tripura. Keep the complete original page of each, with the masthead and the date visible; a cutting is refused. |
| 3 | CD certificate | A separate signed declaration that the matter on the CD and in the hard copy is the same, that you are responsible for any mismatch and for the quality of the CD, and that the CD is in MS Word format. Most applicants have never heard of this one, and its absence is a common reason a file is returned. |
| 4 | Request letter | Addressed to the Controller, Publication Department, Civil Line, Delhi 110054, saying that all formalities for publishing in the Gazette have been completed and that the necessary documents are enclosed, signed by you with your address. |
| 5 | The proforma, in two copies | The notice itself, in the Department's own wording: I, hitherto known as the old name, of the stated address, have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as the new name, with the line certifying that other legal requirements have been complied with. It is signed in your existing old name, and carries two witnesses, each giving a signature, a full name and an address. |
Two details cost people weeks. The proforma is signed in the old name, because that is the person making the declaration, and both witnesses must write out a full address rather than initials. We prepare all five items, check the wording against the affidavit, and lodge the file ourselves.
What the papers actually say
The wording is fixed, and that is a good thing: you are not drafting anything, only filling it in. This is the shape of it.
The newspaper notice, in both papers, word for word the same
NAME CHANGE NOTICE
I, [OLD NAME], son of / daughter of / wife of [FATHER'S OR HUSBAND'S NAME], residing at [FULL ADDRESS, TRIPURA, PIN], have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as [NEW NAME].
Every paper in the file, with wording you can read before you commit to anything, is on the proforma format page. We prepare the whole set so the proforma, the affidavit and both newspaper notices say exactly the same thing.
How we file it while you stay in Tripura
Files of this kind are lodged only at the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, behind the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station, Delhi 110054, and our head office in Delhi does that in person for you; nothing in the process asks a Tripura applicant to travel. Your part stays local: the affidavit, notarised in person because that step is never online, and the two newspaper notices, one Bengali and one English, identical in wording, with both full original pages preserved.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Government fee | Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 1,700 for a minor, on BharatKosh and nowhere else, non-refundable and revised each financial year |
| Our charge | Always a separate line on your quote, given before you pay |
| Applicants living abroad | A higher Government fee applies, commonly in the range of Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000 |
| The file | Prescribed form in two copies, undertaking, request letter to the Controller of Publications, soft copy of the notice, identity of applicant and witness, two photographs, both full newspaper pages |
| Published in | Part IV of the Gazette of India, commonly 30 to 45 days after the file is lodged |
| Afterwards | A free PDF from egazette.gov.in that never expires and needs no attestation |
The whole route is set out on Gazette name change in Tripura, the stage timings and the reasons files get rejected on time, fees and rejection reasons, and getting your published page on how to check status and download your copy. Have the PDF ready before you start the application and the whole flow runs in one sitting. Call 9540005026 or send your documents on WhatsApp, and we will tell you honestly whether you need the Gazette at all.
Licence, vehicle and Gazette words, explained
Words you will meet at a counter, in one place.
- Gazette notification
- A formal announcement printed in the official journal of the Government. For a name change it is the document Aadhaar, PAN, passport offices, banks and employers accept as proof that the change was made.
- Central Gazette
- The Gazette of India, published by the Department of Publication at Civil Lines, Delhi. It is accepted in every office in India, including every office in Tripura, and by foreign missions.
- Part IV
- The section of the Gazette of India that carries notices from private people rather than from the Government. A personal name change appears here and nowhere else.
- Sarathi
- The licensing side of the Parivahan portal, where a driving licence name change is applied for before the originals are verified at the transport office.
- Registration certificate
- The document naming the registered owner of a vehicle. Correcting the owner's name on it is a change of particulars, not a transfer of ownership.
- Hypothecation
- The lender's charge recorded on a vehicle registration certificate. While it stands, the transport office will not alter the owner's particulars without the financier's letter.
- e-KYC
- Electronic verification through Aadhaar with an OTP on the registered mobile. Portals use it to pull your name rather than let you type it.
- Proforma
- The typed page that becomes your Gazette notice. It is filed in two identical copies, signed in your existing old name, and witnessed by two people.
- Affidavit
- A written statement you swear is true before a notary. For a name change it records your old name, your new name, your parent's or husband's name, your address and the reason.
- Newspaper notice
- The same wording published in one Bengali daily and one English daily circulating in Tripura. The complete original page of each is kept, because a cutting is refused.
- CD certificate
- A signed page declaring that the soft copy and the hard copy of your notice carry the same matter, that you are responsible for any mismatch and for the quality of the CD, and that the file is in MS Word format.
- Department of Publication
- The office of the Government of India that publishes the Gazette, at Civil Lines behind the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station. It is the only office in the country that accepts a personal name change file.
Filing on Sarathi from every district of Tripura
The portal is the same from anywhere; the RTO in the dropdown is the one that holds your licence, and the counter visit follows.
Sarathi, the questions people in Tripura search
Which state do I select?
The one that issued the licence, not the one you live in.
Why is there no OTP?
The mobile is not the one registered with your Aadhaar.
Where is Change of Name in DL?
In the DL services list, after the e-KYC authentication completes.
What do I upload?
The name proof, an address proof if the address also changes, a photograph and a signature.
Is paying the last step?
The last online step. The RTO still verifies your originals.
How do I track it?
Application status, with the reference number, licence number and date of birth.
Send the details before you start
Send your licence, your Aadhaar and the proof you plan to upload on WhatsApp. We tell you which state and RTO to select, whether the e-KYC will pass, exactly what to type in the name field, and whether your scans will be accepted. Ten minutes of checking saves a rejected application and a wasted counter visit.
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Sarathi name correction for a Tripura licence, frequently asked questions
How do I apply on Sarathi for a licence name correction?
Which state do I select on the first screen?
Why does the OTP never arrive?
The e-KYC says the name does not match. What now?
I cannot see Change of Name in DL.
How exactly should I type the new name?
What are the uploads?
What does it cost?
Is the application approved once I pay?
My payment went through but there is no acknowledgement.
How do I track it?
The details shown are not mine.
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Official sources for the Sarathi application
- Sarathi, Ministry of Road Transport and HighwaysDL services, change of name in DL, e-KYC, uploads, fees and application status.
- Parivahan SewaThe portal home, where licence services and vehicle services separate.
- Unique Identification Authority of IndiaUpdating the Aadhaar name and the registered mobile the OTP depends on.
- Department of Publication, Government of IndiaThe Gazette uploaded for a change of name; Civil Lines, Delhi 110054.
Sarathi, the short version
- Issuing state first; licence number and date of birth; select the RTO.
- Confirm the address, then e-KYC with the Aadhaar-linked mobile.
- Change of Name in DL; type the name to match the upload.
- Four uploads, declaration, payment, acknowledgement.
- Track by reference; the RTO verifies the originals and prints the card.
Get the first screen right and the rest follows
Send your licence and Aadhaar on WhatsApp and we confirm the state, the RTO and the spelling before you begin.