G.O.(P) No.182, dated 24th April,1985 Guidelines on Changing Name of Government Employee

    GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH                                                               ABSTRACT  CHANGE OF NAME- CHANE OF AE BY GOVERNMENT SERVANTS IN THE ANDHRA PRADESH STATE- PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED-ORDERS-ISSUED          

G.O.(P) No.182, dated 24th April,1985 Guidelines on Changing Name of Government Employee

(G.O.(P) No.182, General Administration (GENERAL-C) Department, dated 24th April,1985

Read the following:

        1. G.O (P) No.819 , G.A.(Genl-C) Dept., dated 8.12.1977.

       2. From the Government of India, M.(H.A.), New Delhi , Lr.No.23012/IC, dated 18.5.1983.

ORDER: 

                 According to the orders issued in the G.O. read above, if a citizen of India residing in the Andhra Pradesh State, intends to change, his name he shall secure a certificate from the District Magistrate or Additional District Magistrate or Executive Magistrate to the effect that he is a Citizen of India and with the certificate so secured shall apply to the Director of Printing for publication of his changed name as a private advertisement in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette. The above procedure is being followed in respect of all persons including Government employees residing in Andhra Pradesh State. 

       2 The Government of India in the letter read above have prescribed a revised procedure for change of name by Government employees according to which the individual need not obtain a certificate from the District Magistrate  but  should  execute a Deed. The Government after careful examination prescribe the following procedure for change of name by a Government employee.

        3 A Government employee of Andhra Pradesh State wishing to adopt a new name or to effect any modification in his existing name should be asked to adopt the change formally by a Deed changing his name . In order that execution of the document may  not be in doubt, it is desirable that it should be attested by two witnesses preferably those known to the Head of the Office in which the Government employees is serving. A sample Deed Form for change of name is enclosed for reference. The execution of the said Deed should be followed by publication of the change in a prominent local newspaper as well as in Andhra Pradesh Gazette. The Publication should be undertaken by the Government employee at his own expense in both cases. The said Deed Form should be on the stamp paper (non-judicial) of value of Rs.5(Rupees five only) and the same need not be registered.

            4 After the aforesaid formalities are complied with, and satisfactory evidence of identity and execution of the Deed is adduced by the Government employee, the adoption of the new name or change in the existing name would be recognised officially and then the entries in Government records may be made accordingly. True copies of the relevant documents should be retained by the concerned Head of the Office.

  (BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)     

SHRAVAN KUMAR          
                                                                                  Chief Secretary to Government.

To
All Departments of Secretariat (10 Copies each)
All Heads of Departments.
All District Collectors and  Special Collectors.
All District and  Session Judges.
The Secreatary  to Governor, Raj Bhavan. The Director-General and Inspector –General of Police, Hyderabad. The Commissioner  of Police, Hyderabad. 

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