change of name
d.prabhakar rao
(Querist) 21 April 2009
This query is : Resolved
what is the proceedure for changing the personal name to other name
Y V Vishweshwar Rao
(Expert) 21 April 2009
it is already discussed in forum & in Experts discussions .
In AP the Procedure is to file application before MRO/Thasildar/EM and get the approval ( Gen admin Sec ) and get it published in Gazette and News Papers . The GO and Paper Publication and MRO/EM orders are proof of change of name !
with regards
PRAKASHCHANDRA MARU
(Expert) 22 April 2009
it is the procedure to follow in the office of the concered distric gazzate
K.C.Suresh
(Expert) 22 April 2009
It depends on states
A V Vishal
(Expert) 23 April 2009
Copy of extract of A P Govt Gazzette notification:
CHANGE OF NAME - Change of name by Citizen ofIndia, residing in the Andhra Pradesh State - Procedure to be followed after lifting up the Emergency - Orders - Issued.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL-C) DEPARTMENTG.O.(P) No. 819 Dated 8th December, 1977Read the Following :G.O.(P) No. 483, General Administration (General-C) Department, dated 13th April, 1972.
ORDER :
In the G.O. read above procedure was laid down for change of name by the Citizens of India residing in the Andhra Pradesh State. Consequent on the revocation of the proclamation of emergences and the cessor of Rules made under the Defence and Internal Security of India, Act, it has become necessary to review the procedure that had been in vogue in regard to the change of name. The Government after careful examination, hereby lay down the following revised procedure in supersession of the procedure prescribed in the Government Order read above.
2(1) Any person residing in the State of Andhra Pradesh who intends to change his name shall apply, in the first instance, in the form in Annexure-I to this Order, to the District Magistrate, the Additional District Magistrate or an Executive Magistrate having jurisdiction, for issue of an official communication in the form of a letter or memorandum to the effect that he is a Citizen of India.
(2) The District Magistrate, the Additional District Magistrate or the Executive Magistrate having jurisdiction, may on the basis of information furnished by the applicant and after such inquiry as he thinks fit, issue a letter or memorandum in the form in Annexure-II to this Order, to the effect that on the basis of the information available, he is qualified for recognition as a Citizen of India. The Magistrate concerned shall exercise due caution and satisfy himself about the applicant's claim to Indian Citizenship before issuing the letter or memorandum.
(3) The applicant shall, there after send another application to the Director of Government, Printing and Stationery (Printing Wing), along with the letter or memorandum issued by the Magistrate concerned for publication of a private advertisement, in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, on payment of the publication charges.
