The LPC is issued by the Circle Officer • Its name comes from the land record • Fix the land record first, then the LPC follows

Land Possession Certificate (LPC) Name Mismatch in Jharkhand: Why It Happens and How to Fix It

A Land Possession Certificate (LPC) in Jharkhand is issued by the Circle Officer of your anchal, as the Jharkhand High Court recorded in a 2018 case from Deoghar. When the name on it does not match your Aadhaar, the fault is almost never in the LPC itself. In our experience, the LPC repeats the name that already stands in the land record, so the real fix is in Register II or the online record. Two High Court rulings also matter now. In November 2025, the Court held that asking for an LPC to register land is illegal, as reported. In June 2026, it told Circle Officers to match online land records with the physical registers, as reported. We publish Gazette notices, and we say this first: an LPC spelling slip needs no Gazette notice.

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1Officer who issues the LPC, the Circle Officer, per the High Court

12Weeks given to Circle Officers in June 2026 to check online records, as reported

2025Year the High Court held an LPC cannot be demanded for registration, as reported

0Gazette notices needed for a spelling slip in the land record

Reviewed by the Jharkhandnamechange.com documentation desk • Updated 29 September 2026

Quick answer

Five points, in the order you will need them. First, compare the LPC with the land record. If Register II or the online khata shows the same wrong name, the LPC only copied it. Second, if only the spelling is wrong on an entry that is already yours, ask the Circle Office to correct the land record against your identity papers. Third, if the online record differs from the physical register, ask the Circle Officer to check the register; the High Court ordered this in June 2026, as reported. Fourth, if the land is still in a late parent's name, that is succession and mutation, not a name correction. Fifth, a spelling slip here does not need a Gazette. We publish Gazette notices, and we say this plainly.

The basics

What a Land Possession Certificate Is in Jharkhand and Who Issues It

Land Possession Certificate name mismatch in Jharkhand, with an LPC, a Register II page and an Aadhaar card side by side — The name on the LPC, the land record and your Aadhaar should all read the same.

An LPC is a certificate from the Circle Office that a person holds a piece of land. People in Jharkhand have asked for it to sell land, to take a loan and for scheme work. The points below come from Jharkhand High Court judgments. Where a point is our own reading, we say so.

What the Jharkhand High Court has said about the LPC
Point	What the record shows
Who issues it	The Circle Officer. In Krishna Deo Choudhary v. State of Jharkhand (15 December 2018), the LPC was sought from the Circle Officer, Mohanpur, Deoghar
The 2016 time limit	The Court noted that State letter no. 195 of 19 February 2016 asked for the LPC to be issued "within a period of fifteen days from the date of the application"
The 2025 ruling	In Dhiraj Kumar Sah v. State of Jharkhand, W.P.(C) No. 75 of 2025, decided on 3 November 2025, the Court held the LPC demand for registration illegal, as reported, and struck down Memo No. 195 and Memo No. 371 of 2016
The 2026 ruling	In Ram Prakash Bhagat v. State of Jharkhand, W.P.(C) No. 3953 of 2026, decided on 13 June 2026, Circle Officers were told to check online records against the physical registers within twelve weeks, as reported
Where the name comes from	The land record held at the Circle Office. This is our reading from the cases we see

Two limits we declare openly. The 2016 fifteen-day rule sat in the same Memo No. 195 that was struck down in November 2025, as reported, so we print no current time limit for an LPC. We also found no Government page giving an LPC fee, so we print none. Ask at your Circle Office.

Name the problem first

Which LPC Name Mismatch You Have

LPC name problems fall into a few kinds, and each one has a different fix. This sorting is ours, based on the papers people send us.

Kinds of LPC name mismatch in Jharkhand
What does not match	What it usually is
Your spelling differs from Aadhaar	A slip in the land record, such as Hembrom written as Hembram
Online record differs from the paper register	A data entry error when records went online
LPC shows your late father or grandfather	Land never mutated after a death. Not a name error
Father's name wrong, your own name right	A slip in the parent's name on the entry
Name before marriage on the land record	A woman's land recorded in her earlier name
Hindi and English spellings differ	Two ways of writing one name, such as Prasad and Prashad
Genuine change of name	A deliberate new name, after the land was recorded

Start with the land record, not the LPC. Take out a copy of your Register II entry or the online khata. If it shows the same wrong name, the LPC is only repeating it. Our jamabandi and khatiyan page explains what each land record is.

The fix for each

How to Fix an LPC Name Mismatch at the Circle Office

Almost every fix happens at the Circle Office, in the land record, before a fresh LPC is asked for. This table is our practical advice.

Fixing each kind of LPC name mismatch in Jharkhand
Situation	What we usually advise
Your spelling is wrong in the land record	Apply to the Circle Officer to correct the entry, with your Aadhaar, Class 10 certificate and deed. See jamabandi correction
Online record differs from the paper register	Ask the Circle Officer, in writing, to check the physical register and correct the online entry
Land still in a late parent's name	Succession and mutation first. See dakhil kharij and legal heir certificate
Father's name wrong on the entry	Correct it with care, as it traces succession. See father name correction
Tribal surname written two ways	Correction against your own papers. See tribal surname spelling
Hindi and English spellings differ	Often a one-and-the-same affidavit is enough. See Hindi to English spelling
Earlier name before marriage	Marriage certificate and an affidavit. See name change after marriage
Genuine change of name	A Gazette notice, then Aadhaar, then the land record

Nobody can simply retype your name. The Judicial Academy Jharkhand's handbook on land law says an entry in Register II is made in pursuance of a mutation order, and "Any entry against such order is a nullity." So if someone offers to fix your name in the record without an application, do not pay them. This is our advice.

Correct the record, then ask for the LPC. A fresh LPC on an uncorrected record will carry the same wrong name. Fix Register II first.

Do you still need an LPC

LPC for Land Registration and Bank Loans After the 2025 High Court Ruling

Before you spend time fixing an LPC, check whether anyone can still insist on one. For land registration, the answer changed in November 2025, as reported.

Where an LPC has been asked for and the current position
Where it is asked for	The position
Registering a sale deed	The Court said "The registering authority shall not demand a land possession certificate for registering any document presented before it", as reported
The LPC committee	Held illegal and without jurisdiction in the same case, as reported
Looking into title before registration	The Court said the State "cannot look into title or possession of the executant before registering the said document"
A bank loan or crop loan	The bank decides what it wants. Ask in writing which record it needs. This is our advice. See home loan name mismatch and Kisan Credit Card
Scheme and farmer records	Usually read from the land record itself. See PM Kisan and farmer registry

Check the current position before you rely on it. The report of the 2025 ruling said the State might still issue orders or appeal. We could not confirm what happened next. If a Registry office still asks you for an LPC, ask it to name the order it relies on. This is our advice.

The honest part

Does an LPC Name Mismatch Need a Gazette Notice?

No, for a spelling slip, a data entry error or an old entry in a parent's name. Those are fixed in the land record at the Circle Office. A Gazette notice is for a genuine change of name, and even then it does not change the land record by itself.

When a Gazette notice is relevant to an LPC name mismatch
Situation	What usually applies
Spelling slip in Register II	Correction at the Circle Office. No Gazette
Online entry differs from paper register	Verification by the Circle Officer. No Gazette
Land in a late parent's name	Succession and mutation. No Gazette
Hindi and English spellings	Usually an affidavit. No Gazette
Genuine change of name	A Central Gazette notice, then Aadhaar, then the land record

Our commercial interest, stated plainly. We publish Gazette notices, so selling one is how we earn. For an LPC spelling slip, you should not be sold one. Where a name has genuinely changed, it goes in the Gazette of India, Part IV, since the Jharkhand state press stopped personal notices in July 2025, as reported. Our property registry after a Gazette page covers what happens next.

Do it in this order

How to Correct an LPC Name Mismatch, Step by Step

Read the name on the LPC

Letter by letter, with the father's name.

Take out the land record

Compare with Aadhaar and Class 10

Find which record is the odd one out.

Name the kind of mismatch

Slip, data entry error, old owner or new name.

Gather the proof

Deed, Aadhaar, Class 10 certificate, rent receipt.

Apply at the Circle Office

In writing, and keep the receipt.

Check the corrected record

Online and on paper, before anything else.

Ask for a fresh LPC only if needed

Ask first whether it is still required.

The one rule that holds the whole job together. The LPC follows the land record. Get the land record right, and the LPC comes right with it. This is our advice.

The full process

Central Gazette Process for a Name From Jharkhand, and Where It Fits a Land Record

Read this before the rest of this section, because an LPC spelling slip never needs it. Land record names are fixed at the Circle Office. It is printed in full so you recognise at once when a notice is being sold to a household that does not need one.

No district in Jharkhand has a gazette counter, so a genuine file goes from Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Deoghar or anywhere else in the state to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, and the notice publishes in Part IV of the Gazette of India. As reported in July 2025 the Finance Department stopped personal name change notifications from the Jharkhand Government Press with immediate effect, so there is no state alternative to fall back on.

The Eight Steps of a Name File Sent From Jharkhand

Settle the final name first

Letter by letter, with the spacing you want, and then use exactly that everywhere, Aadhaar included. A corrigendum after publication is a second fee and a second wait.

Pick the category, then its proforma

A genuine change of name is change of Name Adult or Major. A wrongly typed spelling is the public notice for a wrongly written name. Twelve categories exist and only one is yours.

Type the proforma in duplicate

Two originals with two witnesses giving signature, full name, address and mobile number on both copies. A change of name is signed in the old name; a public notice is signed in your own name.

Fill the employment field if it is a change of name

The adult proforma asks for the post of the applicant and the office or company name. A student or a homemaker should still complete it rather than leaving it blank, because a blank field brings the file back.

Publish and keep the original paper

One of the daily local leading newspapers, carrying both names in full, the father or husband name and the residential address. The whole original paper goes in the file, not a cutting.

Pay only through BharatKosh

The Non Tax Receipt Portal and nowhere else since October 2018. Select the Department of Publication by name, read the amount the portal shows on the day, pay in your own name and print the e-receipt.

Check every date, then post it yourself

Nothing in the file older than one year. Personally or by post or courier only, never through an agent or advocate. Photocopy everything first, because nothing sent in comes back.

Read the notice, then update in the right order

Check every word the day it publishes and download the e-Gazette copy. Then update Aadhaar and PAN, and carry the original Gazette notification to the Circle Office with your application.

The Five Papers in the File, and What Is Checked in Each

The five papers of a Central Gazette name file from Jharkhand and what the Department checks in each
The paper	What is checked in it, clause by clause
1. The proforma, in duplicate	That it is the right category format; the existing full name exactly as your documents carry it; the new full name exactly as settled; the father or husband name; the full address with pin code; the post and office or company name where it is a change of name; the signature in the right name for the category; two witnesses complete with signature, full name, address and mobile number
2. The affidavit or undertaking	The same names and address as the proforma, word for word, with wording matching the category. On Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper as our safe default
3. The original newspaper	The original paper, not a cutting; the paper name and date of publication visible; both names carried; the father or husband name and residential address; dated within the last year
4. Photographs, identity proof and any category paper	Two self attested passport photographs; self attested identity and address proof matching the proforma address; both witnesses proofs; and, in a public notice file, the attested photocopy of the connected document carrying the error
5. The CD, its certificate and the BharatKosh receipt	MS Word, without the witness portion, with the name typed in place of the signature; the certificate that the hard copy and the soft copy are the same; the forwarding letter to the Controller of Publication with a telephone number and email; the e-receipt

The proforma is where files are lost, and there are twelve to choose from. A wrongly typed spelling filed on the change of name form declares henceforth be known as, claiming a change you never made. The Government charge already paid is not refunded, because BharatKosh payments are non-refundable. You then have six months to make good a shortcoming the Department points out, after which a fresh application with all new documents is required.

What to select on BharatKosh, field by field. Pay to the Department of Publication under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and pick the Ministry, the Pay and Accounts Office and the Drawing and Disbursing Officer by their names in the dropdown, never by a code copied off a website. The codes printed for this office on different websites do not agree with each other, and money paid into the wrong head cannot be traced to your file. Read the amount on the portal on the day you pay, because it is revised each financial year.

What a Gazette notice will not do for an LPC. It will not change the land record by itself; that needs an application at the Circle Office. It links old and new names, and nothing more. Since we publish these notices, the honest version is this: for a spelling slip, you need none. Our name correction against name change page explains the categories.

The posting detail is on the sending the file to Delhi page, the change of name wording on the proforma format page and the public notice wording on the public notice proforma page, the charge by category on the fee and undertaking page, the reasons files come back on the rejection reasons page, and the download on the download page.

Money, plainly

What Correcting an LPC Name Mismatch Costs

The costs are small: copies of the land record, perhaps an affidavit. Not a Gazette notice, for a slip.

Costs connected with an LPC name mismatch in Jharkhand
Item	What we can and cannot tell you
LPC itself	We found no Government page giving a fee. Ask at your Circle Office; we print no figure
Land record correction	No verified fee. Ask at your Circle Office
Copies of Register II or the khata	The current charge for a copy, where one applies
Affidavit	Stamp paper, Rs 100 as our safe default, plus the notary's fee
Succession and mutation	A separate matter, often with an advocate. We print no figure
Aadhaar correction	The current UIDAI charge
Gazette notice	Only if you choose it for a genuine new name. Paid on BharatKosh, revised each year and non-refundable
What we charge	Quoted on the call. For telling you which record to fix, nothing

The mistake that costs the most. Asking for a fresh LPC again and again while the land record still carries the wrong name. Each new LPC repeats it. Correct the record first.

Myths we correct most often

Myths About LPC Names in Jharkhand

Common beliefs about LPC names and what is actually so
What people believe	What is actually so
An LPC name mismatch needs a Gazette	A slip is fixed at the Circle Office
The LPC can be corrected on its own	It repeats the land record; this is our reading
Registry needs an LPC	Held illegal to demand in November 2025, as reported
The online record is always right	The High Court ordered checks against the physical registers in June 2026, as reported
A middleman can retype the name	An entry not made under an order is "a nullity", per the Judicial Academy handbook
Land in a late father's name is a name error	It is succession and mutation
A Gazette changes the land record	It does not. An application still has to be made
The LPC proves ownership	Revenue records "neither create nor extinguish title", per the Judicial Academy handbook
The LPC must come in fifteen days	That 2016 letter was struck down in 2025, as reported
The Jharkhand Government Press can publish my notice	Personal notices were stopped in July 2025, as reported
Hembrom and Hembram are different people	One name written two ways. Correct it against your own papers

The habit that protects you from all eleven. Ask which published rule or order requires the thing being demanded. Apply it to any agent, and to this page. The High Court's words are quoted as reported.

Plain meanings

Key Terms in an LPC Name Mismatch

Key terms used on this page
Term	What it means in practice
LPC	Land Possession Certificate, from the Circle Office
Circle Officer	The Anchal Adhikari, head of the Circle Office
Anchal	The circle, the revenue unit below the district
Register II	The tenant's ledger, where the current holder's name is written
Jamabandi	The rent roll entry for a holding
Khatiyan	The survey record of rights
Dakhil kharij	Mutation, moving the name in the revenue record
Rent receipt	The receipt for land rent paid to the State
Sub-Registrar	The officer who registers a deed
Memo No. 195 of 2016	The State letter on LPCs, struck down in 2025, as reported
Gazette notification	The official notice of a changed name
One-and-the-same affidavit	A sworn statement that two names are one person

Coverage

LPC and Land Record Name Help Across Jharkhand

For a family whose LPC and Aadhaar do not agree, the first question is which record is really wrong. We read your LPC, the Register II entry, your deed and your Aadhaar, and tell you what to carry to the Circle Office. For a spelling slip, we will tell you that you need no Gazette notice, and we charge nothing for telling you. We help people across Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Deoghar and every other district, on scans over WhatsApp.

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District pages are linked from the services page.

Send your LPC, land record and Aadhaar

Send your LPC first, then the Register II entry or online khata, your deed and your Aadhaar. Our first reply tells you what to carry. For a spelling slip, we will tell you that no Gazette notice is needed and charge you nothing. Details on the contact page.

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FAQ

LPC Name Mismatch in Jharkhand: Frequently Asked Questions

Who issues a Land Possession Certificate in Jharkhand?+

The Circle Officer of your anchal, as the Jharkhand High Court recorded in a 2018 case from Deoghar.

Why is my name wrong on the LPC?+

In our experience, the LPC repeats the name in the land record. Check Register II or the online khata first.

Can the LPC be corrected on its own?+

Correct the land record first at the Circle Office. A fresh LPC on the same record will carry the same name. This is our advice.

The online record differs from the paper register. What now?+

Ask the Circle Officer in writing to check the physical register. In June 2026 the High Court ordered this, within twelve weeks, as reported.

Is an LPC needed to register land?+

In November 2025 the High Court said the registering authority "shall not demand a land possession certificate", as reported. Check the current position.

The land is in my late father's name.+

That is succession and mutation, not a name correction. Start with the legal heir papers.

Hembrom on Aadhaar, Hembram on the land record. Is that a problem?+

It can hold up a loan or a sale. Correct the land record against your own papers. No Gazette is needed.

How long does an LPC take?+

A 2016 letter said fifteen days, but it was struck down in 2025, as reported. We print no current limit.

What is the LPC fee?+

We found no Government page giving one. Ask at your Circle Office.

Does an LPC prove that I own the land?+

Revenue records "neither create nor extinguish title", per the Judicial Academy Jharkhand handbook. Your deed is the main proof.

Do I need a Gazette notice?+

No, for a spelling slip or a data entry error. We publish Gazette notices, and we still tell you this.

How much of this can you do for us?+

Reading your papers, telling you which record is wrong and drafting any affidavit. The Circle Officer decides.

Who wrote and checked this page

Written and maintained by the Jharkhandnamechange.com documentation desk, led by founder Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B, with 5+ years filing with the Department of Publication. The rules on this page come from Jharkhand High Court judgments: Krishna Deo Choudhary v. State of Jharkhand (15 December 2018) on who issues the LPC and the 2016 fifteen-day letter; Dhiraj Kumar Sah v. State of Jharkhand (3 November 2025) on the LPC demand for registration, as reported; and Ram Prakash Bhagat v. State of Jharkhand (13 June 2026) on online records, as reported. The lines on Register II and title are quoted from the Judicial Academy Jharkhand's handbook on land law. Three limits are declared openly on the page itself. First, that the LPC repeats the land record name is our reading. Second, we print no LPC fee and no current time limit, because we could not verify one. Third, we could not confirm whether the 2025 ruling was appealed. We publish Gazette notices, and this page says plainly that an LPC spelling slip needs none. We are a documentation consultancy and not advocates, not the Circle Office, not the Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms Department, and not the Department of Publication. For succession or a disputed holding, you need an advocate. Who we are is on the about page.

Last reviewed 29 September 2026 • 9540005002 • info@jharkhandnamechange.com • Jharkhandnamechange.com is a private documentation consultancy and is not the Department of Publication, the Controller of Publication, the Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms Department, any Circle Office, any court, a law firm or any Government office. This page is general information, not legal advice.

Verify it yourself

Official Sources on the Land Possession Certificate in Jharkhand

Sources used for the LPC name mismatch page
Source	What it is used for on this page
Jharkhand High Court, Krishna Deo Choudhary v. State of Jharkhand, 15 December 2018	The Circle Officer issues the LPC; letter no. 195 of 19 February 2016 and its fifteen days
Jharkhand High Court, Dhiraj Kumar Sah v. State of Jharkhand, W.P.(C) No. 75 of 2025, 3 November 2025	LPC demand for registration held illegal; the committee; Memo No. 195 and No. 371 of 2016 struck down. As reported by The Jharkhand Story, with the judgment text as indexed on Indian Kanoon
Jharkhand High Court, Ram Prakash Bhagat v. State of Jharkhand, W.P.(C) No. 3953 of 2026, 13 June 2026	Circle Officers to check online records against physical registers within twelve weeks. As reported by LiveLaw
Judicial Academy Jharkhand, handbook on land law	Register II entries follow a mutation order; revenue records do not create title
What we could not verify	An LPC fee; a current time limit; whether the 2025 ruling was appealed; an official online LPC service
Our other pages on the neighbouring questions	jamabandi and khatiyan; dakhil kharij; property documents

Why this page quotes the High Court directly. Families are sometimes told an LPC name needs a Gazette, or that Registry cannot go ahead without an LPC. The Court's words point to the land record and the Circle Office, not to a Gazette.

Quick Summary

LPC Name Mismatch in Nine Lines

The short version

The Circle Officer issues the LPC.
The LPC repeats the name in the land record, in our experience.
So correct Register II first, then ask for a fresh LPC.
Online record wrong? Ask for a check against the paper register.
Land in a late parent's name is succession, not a name error.
Registry cannot demand an LPC after November 2025, as reported.
We print no LPC fee and no time limit; ask the Circle Office.
A Gazette does not change the land record by itself.
An LPC spelling slip needs no Gazette notice.

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