Change of Name after marriage
arpita shah
(Querist) 12 February 2011
This query is : Resolved
Dear All,
Please help me know the procedure, i want to change my name to the one after marriage. What should i do to change my name? I have been told that the name can be changed through notification by Official Gazatte.. But do not know the procedure, nor the required documents necessary to be filed. I live in Pune and also got married 10 years back... Your help would be appreciating.
Regards,
Arpita
SANJAY GUPTA
(Expert) 12 February 2011
As you said you want to change your name 10 years after marriage make an affidavit before the magistrate and get your marriage registered with your new name and published in local daily news paper.
A V Vishal
(Expert) 12 February 2011
How to change your name?
For change of name, all you have to do is take a form from Government Book Depot which is located near the Collector’s office, next to BJ Medical hostel (ahead of Sasoon hospital). The postal address of the same is as follows:
Government Photozinco Press Premises and Book Depot,
5, Photozinco Press road, Photozinco Press premises,
Pune-411001
Charges for change of name in the Maharashtra Government Gazette:
Rs 120 per insertion (for two copies of the Gazette)
For backward class applicants: Rs 60
Charges for extra copy of the Gazette: Rs 12 per copy
Backward class applicants are required to submit a Xerox copy of caste certificate of old name as issued by the Collector of the District concerned.
Once the form is duly submitted, it normally takes a month for publication of advertisement in the Maharashtra Government Gazette. The Gazette copy is sent to the address given on the form.
Note: Read the instructions given on the form carefully before filling the form.
