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Jharkhand Gazette vs Gazette of India for Name Change

Two publications carry the word "gazette", and a Jharkhand resident has been sent to the wrong one for twenty-five years. The Jharkhand Gazette is the State's official journal, printed at the Government Press in Doranda, Ranchi, for the Finance Department: Acts, rules, notifications, appointments. The Gazette of India, Part IV, printed by the Department of Publication in Delhi, is where a private person's change of name is published, for every state including this one. For a quarter century the Doranda press also took name-change applications on its own authority, and in July 2025 the Finance Department stopped that with immediate effect and ordered an inquiry. This page puts the two side by side: who publishes each, what each carries, what the July 2025 order said and why, what an office in Jharkhand does with an old State gazette page, how the Gazette of India route is filed from here, and the one-line answer to the "Civil Lines, Jharkhand-110054" address that half the internet prints.

2000Jharkhand Gazette created, 15 November, replacing the Bihar Gazette
Jul 2025State Press name notifications stopped, inquiry ordered
Part IVWhere a private name change is published, Delhi
0Gazette of India counters in Jharkhand
Quick answer

The Jharkhand Gazette and the Gazette of India are different publications with different jobs. The Jharkhand Gazette is the State Government's journal, published weekly by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery under the Finance Department, printed at the Jharkhand Government Press, Doranda, Ranchi, and posted at egazette.jharkhand.gov.in; it carries Acts, rules, Government notifications, appointments and orders, and it has no published form, fee, counter or portal for a private person's change of name. The Gazette of India, Part IV, is published by the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and is where every private change of name in the country is printed, on a fee paid at bharatkosh.gov.in, with the free PDF at egazette.gov.in; a Jharkhand resident files there by post or in person, in their own name. Until 2025 the Doranda press also accepted name-change applications and printed them, on a Rs 155 fee, on an official's own authority; on 21 July 2025 it was reported that the Finance Department had stopped those notifications with immediate effect, sought an explanation, found no register of who was changed or where the fees went, and that the Finance Minister ordered a high-level inquiry, with reported misuse including name changes used to alter age and religion on Aadhaar and firms renamed to escape bank loans. An office in Jharkhand reads a Gazette of India notice by its Part IV number, date and page; an old Jharkhand Gazette name page has no such number, and most offices now treat it as an unverified document and ask for the Gazette of India. "Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Jharkhand-110054" is a Delhi address with the word Delhi swapped out; no such office exists in the State.

The pages ranking for Jharkhand Gazette vs Gazette of India for name change either never mention the State gazette at all, or, on the top-ranking competitor, invent a Central office "in North Jharkhand" at pin 110054. None reports the July 2025 order, which is the single fact that decides the question today: the State Press route, which many Jharkhand families used for a generation, is closed, and the Gazette of India route, which was always the one an all-India office reads, is the only one left. This page cites the report, gives the two publications side by side, and says what to do with a State gazette page already in the family's file.

The Gazette of India process itself, the five papers and the fees, is the gazette name change page; the wrongly-written-name variant is the public notice page; where the Delhi office is and how a Jharkhand file reaches it is on the name change online page until the office page ships.

At a glance

Jharkhand Gazette
State Government journal; Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Finance Department; Government Press, Doranda, Ranchi; weekly, Ordinary on Wednesdays, Extraordinary as needed; egazette.jharkhand.gov.in; created 15 November 2000 under the Bihar Reorganisation Act
Gazette of India, Part IV
Union Government journal; Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; weekly Part IV; egazette.gov.in; digital only since 1 October 2015
Carries a private name change?
Jharkhand Gazette: no published route; stopped July 2025. Gazette of India: yes, Part IV, on the Department's two proformas
Fee
Jharkhand Gazette: none published (the press took Rs 155 under the old practice). Gazette of India: commonly Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 1,350 public notice, on BharatKosh, revised each financial year
Who files
Gazette of India: the applicant, by post or in person, in their own name; never an agent
Read by
UIDAI, the passport office, PAN, banks, boards and panels read a Gazette of India number, date and page; an old State page is read as unverified by most of them
The July 2025 order
Personal name notifications from the State Press stopped with immediate effect; explanation sought; no register; Rs 155 fees not deposited; high-level inquiry ordered by the Finance Minister
The 110054 myth
110054 is the Civil Lines, Delhi pin code; "Jharkhand-110054" and "North Jharkhand" are copy errors on competitor pages
Time
Gazette of India publication commonly 30 to 45 days; 3 to 7 weeks end to end from Ranchi

Key takeaways

  • The Jharkhand Gazette prints what the State Government does. The Gazette of India, Part IV, prints what a private person declares. A name change is the second.
  • The Doranda press did print name changes for twenty-five years, on an official's own authority; in July 2025 the Finance Department stopped it and ordered an inquiry.
  • An old State gazette page carries no Part IV number, so most offices now read it as unverified and ask for the Gazette of India.
  • There is no Gazette of India office in Jharkhand. 110054 is Delhi. The file goes by post, in your own name.
  • The Gazette of India route was always the one UIDAI, the passport office and every all-India institution read; nothing about it changed in 2025.
  • If your only proof of a change is a State gazette page, publish it afresh in Part IV; the fee is the same as any first filing.

Jharkhand Gazette vs Gazette of India: Publisher, Press, Portal, Content, Fee and Who Reads Each

Jharkhand Gazette vs Gazette of India for name change: the State gazette prints Government notifications from the Doranda press, the Gazette of India Part IV from Delhi prints the personal notice
Two front pages: the State journal with a Government notification, the Union journal's Part IV with a private notice.
The Jharkhand Gazette and the Gazette of India compared on twelve points
PointJharkhand GazetteGazette of India, Part IV
Whose journalGovernment of JharkhandGovernment of India
Published byDirectorate of Printing and Stationery, Finance DepartmentDepartment of Publication, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Printed atJharkhand Government Press, Doranda, RanchiGovernment of India Press; Part IV digital only since 1 October 2015
Portalegazette.jharkhand.gov.inegazette.gov.in
CycleWeekly; Ordinary issue on Wednesdays, Extraordinary as neededPart IV weekly; a private notice commonly publishes in 30 to 45 days
Created15 November 2000, under the Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000, replacing the Bihar Gazette for the StateContinuous since the colonial Gazette; the Part IV private-notice practice long predates 2000
CarriesActs, rules, Government notifications, appointments, orders, tendersPart IV: notices by private persons and bodies, including changes of name; other Parts carry Union notifications
Private change of nameNo published route; the press's own practice stopped in July 2025Yes: the change-of-name proforma and the public-notice proforma
FeeNone published; the press took Rs 155 under the old practice, reportedly not depositedCommonly Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 1,350 public notice, on BharatKosh, revised each financial year, non-refundable
Who filesNot applicableThe applicant, by post or in person, in their own name
Office in JharkhandDoranda, Ranchi, for Government workNone; Civil Lines, Delhi 110054 only
What an all-India office readsNothing; a State page is not on UIDAI's, the passport office's or a bank's listThe Part IV number, date and page

What the Jharkhand Gazette Is and What It Actually Carries

Every State has an official gazette because its laws and orders take effect by publication. The Jharkhand Gazette was created when the State was, on 15 November 2000, and took over the Bihar Gazette's role for the new territory. Open any issue on egazette.jharkhand.gov.in and it reads like a Government diary: a Commercial Taxes notification extending a GST return date, a Personnel Department transfer list, a Home Department order, a Water Resources tender, an Extraordinary issue with a new rule. The press that prints it, at Doranda, is a Finance Department unit, because the gazette and the press came to Jharkhand from Bihar under that department and stayed there.

What it is for

Giving legal effect and public notice to what the State Government does. A rule is law when it appears here; an appointment is official when it is printed here.

What it is not for

A private person's declaration. There is no form on the portal, no fee schedule, no counter, and no rule of the State that provides for it. The Gazette of India's Part IV exists for exactly that purpose and covers every state.

What happened anyway

For twenty-five years the press also took name-change applications across its counter and printed them, which is the practice the July 2025 order ended. The pages exist; the question is what they are worth, answered below.

The July 2025 Order: Why the Jharkhand Government Press Stopped Printing Name Changes

On 21 July 2025 the Ranchi news portal The Follow Up reported that the Finance Department had stopped, with immediate effect, gazette notifications of name changes of the general public from the State Press, after irregularities came to light. As reported, the position was this.

What was reported about the State Press name-change practice and the July 2025 order
Reported pointWhat it means for a holder of an old page
An assistant superintendent of the press had been taking applications and publishing name changes on his own level, without the approval of any senior officer or competent authority, from the State's formation on 15 November 2000 until 2025The notices were never sanctioned by an authority the way a Part IV notice is processed by the Department of Publication
Notifications were manual from 2000 to 2014; the press holds no register of how many names were changed, whose, what was changed, or where a copy of each notification is, and no copy of pre-2014 notificationsAn office that asks the press to verify an old page may get no answer
A Rs 155 fee taken with each application was, as reported, not deposited in the Government treasuryThe receipt is not a treasury receipt
In other States, including Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, State gazette name notifications are published only after approval by an officer of a prescribed rank, with a file put up firstThe reported comparison the Department drew; Jharkhand had no such step
Reported misuse: names changed between religions, firms renamed after taking bank loans, and name changes used to alter the age on Aadhaar and sit examinations afreshWhy offices are now cautious about any State gazette name page, whatever its date
The Finance Minister said a high-level inquiry would be held and the guilty punishedThe practice is under inquiry; no revised State route has been announced
What this page does not say. It does not say that every old State gazette name change was improper, or that a particular holder did anything wrong. Most families who used the Doranda counter did so in good faith because a clerk told them to. It says only what was reported, and that an office reading an old page today reads it in that light.

An Old Jharkhand Gazette Name Change Page: What an Office in Jharkhand Does With It Now

Where it still works

Records that were already updated on it years ago stay updated; nobody reopens a bank account or a passport issued on it. A school or a small employer may still accept it as part of a file, beside Aadhaar, where the identity is not in doubt.

Where it no longer works

UIDAI, Passport Seva, PAN, JAC, recruitment panels and banks under the RBI's KYC rules read a Gazette of India number, date and page, and never had a State page on their lists. An office that wants to verify one has, as reported, no register to check it against. Expect a refusal and a request for the Gazette of India.

What to do

Publish the change afresh in Part IV as an ordinary change of name, in the old name as your current Aadhaar carries it, with the State page attached to the affidavit as the reason. The fee is the same as a first filing, commonly Rs 1,100, and the process is the one on this page. Where records already carry the new name, the fresh notice is what makes them agree with the ones that do not.

The Gazette of India Route From Jharkhand, Step by Step and Paper by Paper

Since the State Press has no route, this is the only gazette process a Jharkhand resident can use for a personal name, and it has always been the one the offices read. There is no Gazette of India counter in Jharkhand; the file goes to the Department of Publication in Delhi in your own name. Here is the whole process, in the order it happens, with what each paper says.

1

Route check and wording, day 0

Confirm that you need a gazette at all: a marriage surname, a divorce and a spelling correction do not, and the six UIDAI categories reach Aadhaar without one. Then fix the exact new name, spacing and initials included, in Roman and in Hindi, and confirm it in writing. Every later paper copies this wording.

2

Affidavit, day 1 to 2

Sworn on non-judicial stamp paper before a notary at your district court, in the OLD name as on your current Aadhaar: old name, new name, father's or husband's name, address with pin code, reason, verification clause, notary seal and register number. Stamp paper and notary commonly Rs 100 to Rs 500. Format on the affidavit page.

3

Two newspaper notices, day 3 to 7

One Hindi daily and one English daily in editions that circulate in Jharkhand, identical wording quoting the affidavit number and date. Keep the complete original page of each paper, masthead and date visible, two copies. Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 at actual cost. Detail on the newspaper page.

4

Proforma, CD and request letter, day 7 to 8

The Department's proforma typed in two copies, headed "No. ADVT IV /", signed in the old name, two witnesses with full addresses and pin codes, two photographs, self-attested IDs of you and both witnesses; a CD with the notice in Word without the witness portion plus a signed certificate that soft and hard copy match; a request letter to the Controller of Publications. Full list on the documents page.

5

Fee on BharatKosh, day 8

Only on bharatkosh.gov.in, in your own name, selecting the Department of Publication and the Gazette notification purpose: commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor, revised each financial year, non-refundable. Print the receipt for the file. No demand draft, no cash, no counter anywhere in Jharkhand.

6

Delivered in Delhi in your name, day 8 to 10

The five papers, affidavit and pages in original, to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, behind Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station, Delhi 110054, in person or by tracked post in the applicant's name. Our Delhi office delivers Jharkhand files in your name. Nothing is returned, so keep a scanned set.

7

Published and downloaded, day 40 to 55

Part IV is released weekly; publication commonly takes 30 to 45 days. Search your old or new name on egazette.gov.in, download the free PDF, and note the Gazette number, date and page. No attestation is needed for use in India. A wrong print is corrected by corrigendum within six months.

8

Then Aadhaar, PAN and every record

Carry the printed Gazette PDF with the affidavit and both newspaper pages to Aadhaar first, then PAN, then every record in the order on the process page. The gazette pillar, with the July 2025 story of the Jharkhand Gazette, is the gazette name change page.

The five papers, line by line

The five papers in a Central Gazette name change file from Jharkhand, what each contains and the mistake that returns it
PaperWhat it contains, clause by clauseThe mistake that returns the file
1. AffidavitTitle "Affidavit for change of name". Deponent's old name, son or daughter or wife of, age, address with pin code. Clause 1: that the deponent is a citizen of India and a resident of the address. Clause 2: the old name as on Aadhaar and the documents it appears on. Clause 3: that the deponent has decided to be known as the new name, spelt in full, from the date of the affidavit. Clause 4: the reason, in one line. Clause 5: that the old and new names refer to one and the same person. Verification clause: that the contents are true to the deponent's knowledge, sworn at the place on the date. Deponent's signature in the OLD name; notary's seal, signature, register serial and date.Signed in the new name; a spelling in clause 3 that differs from the proforma by a letter; a photocopy sent instead of the original.
2. Two newspaper pagesWording: "I, [old name], son or daughter or wife of [name], resident of [address, pin code], have changed my name to [new name] by affidavit No. [number] dated [date] sworn before [notary, place]. Henceforth I shall be known as [new name]." One Hindi daily and one English daily in editions circulating in Jharkhand, on any date after the affidavit. The complete page of each, masthead and date visible, in original, two copies each.A cutting instead of the page; a notice dated before the affidavit; the two notices worded differently; the new name spelt differently from the affidavit.
3. Proforma, two copiesHeaded "No. ADVT IV /" with the date. Wording for a change of name: "I, [old name], son or daughter or wife of [name], employed as [occupation] at [address] or residing at [address], have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as [new name]. It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements in this connection." Signature in the OLD name. Two witnesses, each with full name, father's name, full address with pin code and signature. Computer typed, no cutting or overwriting.Handwritten; one witness; a witness without a pin code; signed in the new name; the wrongly-written-name wording used for a change, or the reverse.
4. CD with certificateThe proforma's notice in a Word file, without the witness portion, with the old name typed in place of the signature. A signed certificate on paper: "Certified that the soft copy on the enclosed CD and the hard copy of the notice are the same." The CD labelled with the applicant's name.A PDF instead of Word; the witness portion left in; the certificate unsigned.
5. Request letterTo the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Subject: publication of change of name in the Gazette of India, Part IV. The request, the list of enclosures, the BharatKosh receipt number and date, the applicant's mobile and email, the applicant's signature in the old name.No receipt number; the letter signed by an agent.

What goes with the five

Two passport photographs; self-attested copies of the applicant's Aadhaar and PAN and of both witnesses' Aadhaar; the BharatKosh receipt; for an applicant abroad, the affidavit attested by the Indian mission and the higher fee. Documents not older than about a year.

BharatKosh, field by field

bharatkosh.gov.in, Non-Registered Users, Quick Payment; Ministry: Housing and Urban Affairs; Purpose: Department of Publication, Gazette notification; the amount for adult or minor; the payer's name exactly as the old name on the affidavit; the address; UPI, net banking or card. Download the receipt with its transaction reference and print it for the file.

Reading the published notice

The e-Gazette PDF carries the Gazette of India number, the Part IV heading, the date of publication, the page number and your notice in its own paragraph. Every office reads the number, the date and the page; write them on every covering letter. A notice with a misprint is corrected by corrigendum within six months, free where the press erred; a corrected notice is what each office gets.

Two proformas, two fees. A chosen new name is a change of name, "hitherto known as", commonly Rs 1,100. A name wrongly written on a certificate is a PUBLIC NOTICE quoting the misprint exactly, commonly Rs 1,350, on the public notice page. Sending one for the other's case returns the file and the fee is not refunded. Neither proforma is available at the Jharkhand Government Press, and neither ever was in the form the Department of Publication prescribes; a file that was published there under the old practice carries no Part IV number and is read as described on this page.

Which Gazette Each Office in Jharkhand Reads for a Name Change

Offices in Jharkhand and which gazette each reads for a name change
OfficeReadsNote
UIDAI, AadhaarGazette of India, for a full or first-name change; six categories need noneOn the Aadhaar page
Passport Seva, RPO RanchiGazette of India, or two newspaper notices plus two documents in the new name; marriage and divorce need neitherOn the passport page
PAN, Protean and UTIITSLGazette of India, or the marriage certificate, or Aadhaar for a correctionOn the PAN page
Banks, RBI KYC rulesGazette of India or a State marriage certificate keeps an old-name OVD validOn the bank records page
JACCorrects against its register; for a chosen change reads the Gazette of India and, for a misprint it cannot fix, the public noticeOn the education documents page
JharSewa certificates, the SDOReissues on Aadhaar in the new name; reads the Gazette of India as the linkOn the caste certificate page
The Circle Officer, land recordsGazette of India or the marriage certificate as the instrument for a corrected nameOn the property page
Recruitment panels, JSSC and JPSCConsistency across certificates; a Gazette of India notice explains a change; a State page does notParticulars by the cut-off
The Registrar of BirthsNeither, for the register; an annotation on the Gazette of India at mostOn the birth certificate page

The order in which those offices are approached is on the name change process page.

Jharkhand Gazette and Gazette of India Fees and Timelines for a Name Change

Fees and timelines for the two gazettes and the papers before the Gazette of India
ItemAmountTime
Jharkhand Gazette, private name changeNo fee, because no route; the old Rs 155 counter fee is goneNot available
Gazette of India, change of name, adultCommonly Rs 1,100 on BharatKoshPublication commonly 30 to 45 days
Gazette of India, minorCommonly Rs 1,700The same
Gazette of India, public notice of a wrongly written nameCommonly Rs 1,350The same
Applicant abroadA higher rate, revised from time to time; confirmed before filingThe same plus mission attestation
Affidavit, stamp paper and notaryCommonly Rs 100 to Rs 500A day
Two newspaper noticesRs 800 to Rs 4,000 at actual costTwo to five days
Post to Delhi in your nameTracked post at actual costTwo to four days
Our chargeQuoted per case; the Government fee is always a separate lineFull bill on the cost page

All Government fees are as the Department of Publication publishes them and are revised each financial year; none is refunded on a returned file.

"Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Jharkhand-110054" Does Not Exist

110054 is the pin code of Civil Lines, Delhi, where the Department of Publication sits behind the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station. A page that prints "Civil Lines, Jharkhand-110054", "located in North Jharkhand" or "Gazette Office, Ranchi" has copied the Delhi address and changed one word; there is no Gazette of India counter in Ranchi or anywhere in the State, and the Doranda press is the State journal's printer, not a Central office. A file addressed to the fake address goes nowhere. The full treatment of the address, and the video that shows the real office, is the gazette name change page's office section until the dedicated office page ships.

Mistakes the Two Gazette Names Cause in Jharkhand

Going to the wrong one

  • Visiting the Doranda press, or searching egazette.jharkhand.gov.in, for a personal name change form.
  • Posting a Gazette of India file to "Civil Lines, Jharkhand-110054".
  • Paying anyone who promises a "State gazette" name change in Jharkhand after July 2025.
  • Believing the Gazette of India route changed in 2025; it did not.

Relying on the old page

  • Carrying a pre-2025 State gazette page to a passport counter or UIDAI as the instrument.
  • Quoting its date and number in a recruitment form as if it were a Part IV notice.
  • Leaving records half-updated on it, half not, with nothing that links the two names.
  • Filing the fresh Part IV notice in the new name; it is filed in the old name Aadhaar still carries.

Gazette Terms Explained for Jharkhand

Gazette
A Government's official journal, in which laws, orders and certain notices take effect by publication.
Jharkhand Gazette
The State Government's journal since 15 November 2000, published by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery under the Finance Department, printed at Doranda, Ranchi, posted at egazette.jharkhand.gov.in.
Gazette of India
The Union Government's journal, published by the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, posted at egazette.gov.in.
Part IV
The section of the Gazette of India that carries notices by private persons, including changes of name, published weekly.
Directorate of Printing and Stationery
The Finance Department unit that publishes the Jharkhand Gazette and runs the Government Press.
Department of Publication
The Union office under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs that receives, processes and publishes Part IV notices; the only office that does.
The July 2025 order
The Finance Department's reported stop, with immediate effect, on personal name-change notifications from the State Press, with an inquiry ordered.
Old State page
A name-change notification printed by the Doranda press before July 2025 under its own practice; not a Part IV notice and not on any all-India office's list.
Part IV number, date and page
The three details an office reads on a Gazette of India notice to verify it on egazette.gov.in.
BharatKosh
The Union receipts portal where the Gazette of India fee is paid; the only place it can be paid.
Extraordinary issue
A Jharkhand Gazette issue published outside the Wednesday cycle for a Government notification that cannot wait; nothing to do with private notices.
110054
The Civil Lines, Delhi pin code; any "Jharkhand-110054" address is a copy error.

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Jharkhand Gazette vs Gazette of India for Name Change: Frequently Asked Questions

Which gazette is used for a name change in Jharkhand?+
The Gazette of India, Part IV, published by the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. The Jharkhand Gazette is the State Government's journal for Acts, rules and notifications and has no published route for a private name change; the Doranda press's own practice of printing them was stopped in July 2025.
What is the Jharkhand Gazette?+
The official journal of the Government of Jharkhand, published weekly since 15 November 2000 by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery under the Finance Department, printed at the Jharkhand Government Press in Doranda, Ranchi, and posted at egazette.jharkhand.gov.in. It carries what the State Government does: laws, rules, appointments, orders and tenders.
What happened in July 2025?+
As reported on 21 July 2025, the Finance Department stopped, with immediate effect, gazette notifications of name changes of the general public from the State Press, after finding that an official of the press had been taking applications and publishing them on his own authority since 2000, that no register or copies existed, and that the Rs 155 fees taken were not deposited in the treasury; the Finance Minister ordered a high-level inquiry. Reported misuse included changes of religion in names, firms renamed to escape loans and age changed on Aadhaar.
I changed my name through the Jharkhand Gazette years ago. Is it still valid?+
Records already updated on it stay updated. But UIDAI, the passport office, PAN, JAC, banks and recruitment panels read a Gazette of India number, date and page and never had a State page on their lists, and the press, as reported, has no register to verify an old page against. For any record still to be updated, publish the change afresh in Part IV, in the old name your current Aadhaar carries, at the ordinary fee.
Did the Gazette of India route change in 2025?+
No. The Department of Publication's process, proformas, fees and Part IV cycle are unchanged; the only change is that the State Press alternative, which all-India offices never read, is closed. A Jharkhand resident files exactly as a resident of any other State does, by post or in person in Delhi, in their own name.
Is there a Gazette of India office in Ranchi?+
No. There is exactly one Department of Publication, at Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, behind the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station. "Civil Lines, Jharkhand-110054" and "North Jharkhand" on competitor pages are the Delhi address with a word changed; the Doranda press is the State journal's printer, not a Central office.
Can I apply for a name change on egazette.jharkhand.gov.in?+
No. The portal publishes the State's notifications and has no application form for a private person; it never had one, and the press counter that used to take applications closed in July 2025. Applications for a personal notice go to the Department of Publication for Part IV, with the fee paid at bharatkosh.gov.in.
Does a State gazette work in other States?+
Some States, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu among those reported, publish personal name notifications in their State gazette after a file is approved by an officer of a prescribed rank, and some State offices there read them. That was the comparison the Finance Department drew; Jharkhand had no such approval step, and its State page was never read by an all-India office. The Gazette of India is read everywhere.
What does an office check on a Gazette of India notice?+
The Gazette of India number, the Part IV heading, the date of publication and the page number, and the notice's own paragraph, all of which it can verify by searching egazette.gov.in. An old State page has none of these.
How long does the Gazette of India take from Ranchi and what does it cost?+
Publication commonly takes 30 to 45 days after the file reaches Delhi, three to seven weeks end to end with the affidavit and the two newspapers. The fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor and Rs 1,350 for a public notice of a wrongly written name, paid only on BharatKosh, revised each financial year and not refunded; our charge is quoted per case as a separate line.
Who files the Gazette of India application from Jharkhand?+
The applicant, in person or by post, in their own name; no agent can submit for you. We prepare and check the five papers and deliver the file in your name from our Delhi office; the request letter and the proforma carry your signature in the old name.
Is the Jharkhand Gazette useful for anything in a name change file?+
Only as a historical record if a family used the old counter, attached to the affidavit as the reason for the fresh Part IV filing. It is not an instrument any office reads, and the Extraordinary issues on the portal are Government notifications, not private notices.
Where can I read the report on the July 2025 order?+
The Follow Up, a Ranchi news portal, reported it on 21 July 2025 in Hindi, and the Jharkhand Gazette's public encyclopaedia entry cites the report; the source is linked in the official sources section below. No Government order text has been published on the portal as of this page's review, and no revised State route has been announced.

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Who wrote and checked this page

Written and maintained by the Jharkhandnamechange.com documentation desk, led by founder Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B, who has filed Part IV notices with the Department of Publication for over five years and has never filed one with the Doranda press, because the offices his clients need never read one. The July 2025 facts are as reported by The Follow Up on 21 July 2025 and are described as reported; the two publications' particulars are from their own portals. Who we are is on the about page.

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Official Sources for the Jharkhand Gazette and the Gazette of India

Jharkhand Gazette vs Gazette of India in Eight Lines

The short version

  • The Jharkhand Gazette is the State's journal, printed at Doranda for the Finance Department, for Government notifications.
  • The Gazette of India, Part IV, from the Department of Publication in Delhi, is where a private name change is published.
  • The Doranda press printed name changes on its own authority for twenty-five years; the Finance Department stopped it in July 2025 and ordered an inquiry.
  • An old State page has no Part IV number; most offices now read it as unverified.
  • Publish afresh in Part IV, in the old name Aadhaar carries, at the ordinary fee.
  • No Gazette of India office exists in Jharkhand; 110054 is Delhi; the file goes by post in your name.
  • The Gazette of India route did not change in 2025.
  • Fees commonly Rs 1,100, Rs 1,700, Rs 1,350 on BharatKosh; 30 to 45 days to publish.

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