Quick answer: The Uttar Pradesh State Gazette (UP Rajpatra) is printed through the state's Directorate of Printing and Stationery, whose government presses sit at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi. The preparatory work is the same as the Central route, a notarised affidavit, two newspaper advertisements and a typed application, but the file goes to the state machinery instead of Delhi, and the charges and publication schedule are set by the Directorate, so confirm both directly rather than trusting a number online. Before you start, apply the two-question test on this page: if a passport, a central recruitment or anything outside Uttar Pradesh is in your future, the Central Gazette is the route, and the state one will cost you a second filing later.
Search "UP gazette office" and you will find pages describing a counter you can walk into with an advertisement and a photograph. The reality is more structured and less local: the UP Rajpatra is the state government's official journal, produced through the Directorate of Printing and Stationery and printed at the state's government presses, and personal notifications submitted to it follow the department's own process and schedule. This page sets that out honestly, including the parts we will not pretend to know precisely, and then gives you the test that matters more than any step list: whether the state route is the right one for your life, or whether you are about to pay for a document a passport officer will question.
UP State Gazette at a Glance
| What it is | Uttar Pradesh Rajpatra, the state government's official journal |
| Who produces it | The Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Uttar Pradesh |
| Government presses | Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi |
| Preparation | Notarised affidavit, two newspaper advertisements, typed application, identity documents |
| Charges | Set by the Directorate; confirm the current figure before filing |
| Timeline | Depends on the state press schedule rather than a fixed national window |
| Best suited to | Purely state-facing purposes with no national or foreign use ahead |
| Wrong choice when | A passport, central job, university outside UP or any foreign process is coming |
Key Takeaways
- The state route is real and legitimate, but it is narrower than most pages admit, and its weakness shows at the first counter outside Uttar Pradesh's own systems.
- The preparation is identical to the Central route, so choosing state saves you no effort at all: the same affidavit and the same two advertisements are required either way.
- Charges and timelines for the state route are set by the Directorate, and any website quoting exact figures for it should be treated with suspicion, including ours if we ever did.
- The government presses at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi are printing establishments, not walk-in name change counters, and no state office publishes the Central Gazette.
- If the two-question test on this page points to Central, filing state first means repeating the affidavit and advertisements later, which is the most common way people pay twice.
State Route: Quick Facts
| Official portal | dpsup.up.gov.in, the Directorate of Printing and Stationery |
| Affidavit | Notarised on stamp paper, Rs 100 to 500 at any UP notary |
| Newspapers | One Hindi daily of your district and one English paper, complete original pages |
| Application | Typed, signed, with identity and address proof and photographs |
| Central comparison | Rs 1,100 adult, 25 to 45 days, published in Part IV on egazette.gov.in |
| Acceptance abroad | The Gazette of India is the record foreign processes recognise |
| Cost of switching later | A full second filing: new affidavit, new advertisements, new fee |
| Our default advice | Central, unless your purpose is genuinely confined to state records |
Table of Contents
- The two-question fit test
- What the UP Rajpatra actually is
- Where the state presses are
- The state route, step by step
- What we will not pretend to know
- Switching to Central later
- Central Gazette name change: step by step
- Areas we serve
- Related guides
- Why choose our office
- FAQs
The Two-Question Fit Test
| Ask yourself | If yes | If no |
|---|---|---|
| Will this name ever need to work outside Uttar Pradesh: a passport, a central job, study or work in another state, an NRI or visa process? | File Central. The state notification will be questioned exactly where it matters most | Continue to the second question |
| Is the purpose a specific state record whose department has told you, in writing, that it wants the Rajpatra? | The state route fits, and this page's steps apply | File Central anyway. It covers state purposes too, so there is nothing to gain by narrowing |
Most people who reach this page fail the first question the moment they think a few years ahead. That is not a sales line: it is the pattern in our own files, where clients who chose state for a small saving returned eighteen months later for a passport and paid for the whole process again. The full comparison, with a destination-by-destination table, sits on our Central versus State page.
What the UP Rajpatra Actually Is
The Uttar Pradesh Rajpatra is the state government's official journal of record, the state-level counterpart to the Gazette of India. It carries government notifications, orders and appointments, and alongside them the personal notifications submitted to it, name changes included. It is produced through the Directorate of Printing and Stationery, the department responsible for the state's official printing, whose portal is dpsup.up.gov.in. Two clarifications that matter, because the internet blurs them. A state gazette is a genuine official publication, not a lesser or informal one, so nobody should tell you it is invalid. But its reach is what it is: a desk in another state, or a passport officer applying a national checklist, has no particular reason to be familiar with it, and that gap is where the trouble starts.
Where the State Presses Are
Uttar Pradesh runs its government printing through presses at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi. It is worth being precise about what that means for you: these are printing establishments serving the state's official publishing, not walk-in name change counters where an applicant hands over a photograph and collects a certificate. Pages that describe a "UP gazette office" you can visit like a tehsil counter are painting a friendlier picture than the process supports. Two related corrections belong here. No office in Uttar Pradesh publishes the Central Gazette; that is the Department of Publication in Civil Lines, New Delhi, as our Lucknow page explains at length. And the Central fee is never paid by demand draft to a state office; it is paid online on BharatKosh.
The State Route, Step by Step
Swear the affidavit
Notarised on stamp paper stating the old name, the new name, your address and the reason, Rs 100 to 500 at any notary in your district. This step is identical to the Central route, which is the first sign that the state option saves no effort.
Publish two newspaper advertisements
One in a Hindi daily of your district and one in an English paper, both carrying the old name, the new name and your address, with the complete original pages preserved. Also identical to the Central route.
Prepare the application and supporting set
A typed application with the affidavit, both newspaper pages, identity and address proof and photographs. Keep the wording consistent across all of it, because inconsistent spelling is a rejection cause on any route.
Confirm the charge and the submission route
Charges and the current submission process are set by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery, so confirm both with the department directly. This is the step where the two routes genuinely differ, because the Central route's Rs 1,100 on BharatKosh is fixed and public.
Submit and follow up on the press schedule
Publication follows the state press schedule rather than a published national window, so ask what timeline to expect when you submit, and keep your acknowledgment safely for follow-up.
Obtain and file the published copy
Keep printed copies of the notification with the affidavit and both newspaper pages, exactly as you would with a Central notification, because the counters that accept it will keep one and hand nothing back.
What We Will Not Pretend to Know
Every other page on this topic states a state gazette fee and a state timeline with total confidence, and the figures rarely agree with each other. We are not going to add another number to that pile. Charges for the state route are set by the Directorate and revised from time to time, and the publication schedule depends on the press, so the honest instruction is: ask the Directorate, get the current figure, and compare it against the Rs 1,100 you already know. That is the whole comparison, and it takes one phone call. What we can state with confidence, because we do it every week, is the Central side: Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor through a guardian, publication in 25 to 45 days, and a free download from egazette.gov.in. When someone quotes both sides with equal certainty, ask them which one they have filed recently.
Switching to Central Later
This is the situation that brings most state-route clients to us, and it deserves a plain description. A Central filing made after a state publication is not an upgrade or a conversion; it is a fresh, complete filing: a new affidavit, two new newspaper advertisements, the typed proforma and CD, and the Rs 1,100 fee. Nothing from the state process transfers, because the Department of Publication assesses your file on its own terms. The practical consequence is arithmetic: the money saved by choosing state first is spent twice over the moment a passport, a central recruitment or a move outside the state appears. If you are reading this page after already publishing in the Rajpatra, the position is not a disaster, your name change is real and your documents can be updated on it within the state, but the Central filing is the one to plan for before the next deadline arrives rather than during it.
Central Gazette Name Change: Step by Step
Our core service: for the large majority of applicants the two-question test above points to the Central Gazette, and preparing that file correctly the first time is the work this office is built around. Steps one and two below will look familiar, because they are the same steps you would take on the state route.
Swear the affidavit
Notarised on stamp paper with the old name, the new name, your address and the reason, Rs 100 to 500. Its exact wording rules the advertisements, the proforma and the notification itself.
Publish two newspaper advertisements
One Hindi daily of your district (Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala or Hindustan) and one English paper, complete original pages preserved, because the passport file will ask for them again.
Prepare the proforma and CD
The typed "I hitherto known as" declaration signed by you and two witnesses with their details, plus the CD in the prescribed format and its signed printout. This is the Central route's own paperwork layer.
Pay Rs 1,100 on BharatKosh
Online at bharatkosh.gov.in with the e-receipt saved, Rs 1,700 for a minor through a guardian, Rs 250 more for an alias line. A fixed, public figure you can plan against.
Courier the file to the Department of Publication
Civil Lines, New Delhi, with photo ID, address proof and photographs, sent from any UP district. One to two days in transit from Lucknow, and no personal visit anywhere.
Download from Part IV and update
Publication in 25 to 45 days, free from egazette.gov.in, then Aadhaar, PAN, bank, passport and the certificate family in that order, each citing the notification.
Gazette Fees, Time and the File
| Central adult fee | Rs 1,100 on BharatKosh, fixed and public |
| Central minor fee | Rs 1,700 through a guardian |
| Alias line | Rs 250 extra |
| Affidavit | Rs 100 to 500, required on either route |
| Newspapers | A few hundred rupees per paper, required on either route |
| Central publication | 25 to 45 days after the Department receives the file |
| State charges and schedule | Confirm with the Directorate of Printing and Stationery |
The Department's checklist in one line: affidavit (notarised), newspapers (both, original, whole pages), proforma (typed, applicant plus two witnesses), CD with signed printout, photo ID, address proof, photographs, BharatKosh receipt.
Before You Apply: Check These
- Run the two-question test before spending anything, because the route decision is worth more than any discount on either side.
- If you still want the state route, get the current charge and expected timeline from the Directorate in that same call, then compare against Rs 1,100 and 25 to 45 days.
- Do not expect a walk-in counter experience at a government press; treat the state route as a departmental submission, not a tehsil visit.
- Whichever route, keep the wording identical across the affidavit and both advertisements, use a photograph under six months old, and preserve complete newspaper pages.
After the Gazette: What Updates Next
Aadhaar first at the Seva Kendra, then PAN, then bank and passport, then the Tehsil certificate family, education records, licence, voter ID and property. One route-specific note: if you published in the Rajpatra, expect the state-facing counters to accept it comfortably and the national ones to ask more questions, and keep the file ready for a Central filing before any passport or central recruitment deadline rather than after it.
What Other Websites Get Wrong
- Wrong: there is a UP gazette office you visit like a tehsil counter. Right: the state runs printing presses at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi; personal notifications go through the Directorate's process.
- Wrong: exact state fees and timelines quoted with confidence. Right: those are set by the Directorate and revised; ask them, and be suspicious of any site that pretends otherwise.
- Wrong: the state route is simpler. Right: the affidavit and both advertisements are identical, so the effort saved is zero.
- Wrong: you can later convert a state publication into a Central one. Right: the Central filing is fresh and complete, which is exactly why the first choice matters.
- Wrong: a state office can publish the Central Gazette. Right: only the Department of Publication in New Delhi does, and its fee is paid online.
Areas We Serve in Uttar Pradesh
The state route is the same departmental process wherever you live, and so is our advice about it: we file from Lucknow for clients in all 75 districts, and these are the ones we hear from most often:
| Rohilkhand and Bundelkhand | Bareilly, Moradabad, Rampur, Shahjahanpur, Budaun, Pilibhit, Bijnor, Amroha, Jhansi, Banda, Mahoba, Chitrakoot |
| Awadh and central UP | Lucknow, Kanpur, Unnao, Raebareli, Sitapur, Hardoi, Barabanki, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Amethi, Bahraich |
| Purvanchal and eastern UP | Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia, Deoria, Mirzapur, Basti, Ghazipur, Mau, Sonbhadra |
| Western UP and NCR | Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Agra, Aligarh, Mathura, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Hapur, Firozabad |
Proximity to a government press changes nothing about your case, because personal notifications follow the Directorate's process rather than a counter visit. Our chamber is at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow 226010, and the city guide sits on our Lucknow page. Call 9540003316 or WhatsApp 9540005002 from any district.
Related Guides on This Site
Every guide here is part of one connected map, so whichever counter your case lands at next, the page for it already exists:
- Central versus State Gazette: the destination-wise decision table and honest costs.
- the gazette name change pillar: the full route, rejection causes, tracking and download.
- the name change process: affidavit, newspapers and gazette in order.
- the affidavit guide: wording, stamp value and the one-and-the-same variant.
- the newspaper advertisement guide: which papers, what wording, what to keep.
- name change in Lucknow: notaries, newspapers and why no Central gazette office exists here.
- the full cost breakdown: government fees and service fees, line by line.
- passport name change: the desk that usually settles the route question.
- all our services: every name change service we handle.
- about our office: Vipin Chauhan and five years of Department filings.
- contact the office: Lucknow office, phone and WhatsApp.
- documents required for the gazette file: the eight items in the envelope and the specific failure each one prevents.
- the gazette office address: Civil Lines Delhi, and the two wrong addresses.
- the BharatKosh payment guide: where the Central route's fee is fixed and public.
Why Ask Us Before Choosing the State Route
We file Central notifications for a living, so an office recommending against the state route has an obvious interest, and you should read this section with that in mind. Here is why we still say it: our own returning clients are overwhelmingly people who filed state first. Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B, has spent five years filing with the Department of Publication from Lucknow.
- We apply the two-question test out loud: if your purpose is genuinely confined to state records, we will say the state route fits and we will not invent a reason to sell you ours.
- We do not quote state fees we cannot verify: you get sent to the Directorate for the current figure, which is what an honest comparison requires.
- We plan around your deadlines: a passport or recruitment date decides urgency, and the 25 to 45 day Central window has to fit inside it.
- The Central file is prepared to publish first time: wording, both newspaper pages, typed proforma, signed CD, correct fee head, courier and tracking to Part IV.
Associate office at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow, serving all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6:30 PM. Call 9540003316 or WhatsApp 9540005002.
Ask First, File Once
Uttar Pradesh Name Change
Associate Office: Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226010
Head Office: Metro Pillar 337, Hardev Nagar, Street 1, Shop No 1 (Shri Sham Documentation)
Call: 9540003316
WhatsApp: 9540005002
Email: info@uttarpradeshnamechange.com
Hours: Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 6:30 PM
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UP State Gazette Process: FAQs
How does the UP State Gazette name change process work?
You prepare the same base file as any name change, a notarised affidavit and two newspaper advertisements, then submit a typed application with identity documents to the state's printing machinery through the Directorate of Printing and Stationery, and the notification publishes on the state press schedule. Charges and current submission details should be confirmed with the Directorate.
Where is the UP gazette office?
There is no single walk-in gazette counter for name changes. The state's official printing runs through the Directorate of Printing and Stationery, with government presses at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi, and those are printing establishments rather than public service counters.
Is the state gazette cheaper than the Central one?
Possibly, but the comparison rarely holds after the first year. The Central fee is a fixed Rs 1,100 for an adult, while state charges are set by the Directorate; and if a passport or central recruitment appears later, you pay for a complete second filing, which erases any saving.
Is a UP State Gazette notification legally valid?
Yes. It is a genuine official publication and nobody should tell you otherwise. Its limitation is reach rather than validity: desks outside Uttar Pradesh's own systems have no particular familiarity with it, and national checklists are written around the Gazette of India.
Can I convert a state notification into a Central one later?
No. A Central filing made afterwards is fresh and complete: new affidavit, new advertisements, the proforma and CD, and the Rs 1,100 fee. Nothing carries over, which is why the first decision deserves the two-question test.
Which route should I choose?
Central, unless your purpose is genuinely confined to Uttar Pradesh's own records and a department has told you in writing that it wants the Rajpatra. If a passport, a central job, study outside the state or any foreign process is in your future, the answer is Central without further debate.
Why will you not tell me the exact state gazette fee?
Because it is set by the Directorate and revised from time to time, and inventing a figure would be exactly the behaviour this page criticises. One phone call to the Directorate gives you the current number, which is all the comparison needs.
Do I still need newspaper advertisements for the state route?
Yes, and the same two: one Hindi daily of your district and one English paper, with complete original pages preserved. The preparatory work is identical, which is why the state route saves no effort.
Can a UP office publish my notification in the Central Gazette?
No. The Central Gazette is published by the Department of Publication in Civil Lines, New Delhi, and files reach it by courier from anywhere in Uttar Pradesh. The fee is paid online on BharatKosh, never by demand draft to a state office.
I already published in the Rajpatra. Have I wasted my money?
Not within the state: your name change is real and state-facing records can be updated on it. Plan the Central filing before your next national deadline rather than during it, so the timing works in your favour rather than against it.
How long does the state route take?
It follows the state press schedule rather than a published national window, so ask what timeline to expect when you submit and keep your acknowledgment for follow-up. The Central route's 25 to 45 days is the published comparison.
Do you file state gazette applications?
Our daily work is the Central filing, and that is what we recommend for most cases after the fit test. Where the state route genuinely suits you, we will say so and point you to the Directorate rather than talk you into a service you do not need.
Official Sources
- The Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Uttar Pradesh, dpsup.up.gov.in, which produces the UP Rajpatra and sets the charges and schedule for state publication.
- Uttar Pradesh government presses at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi, which handle the state's official printing.
- The Department of Publication, Civil Lines, New Delhi, for Part IV of the Gazette of India, with publication searchable on egazette.gov.in.
- bharatkosh.gov.in, the payment route for the Central fee of Rs 1,100.
Facts on this page are checked against these sources and our own filing experience. State charges and schedules are set departmentally and change; the fit test, the identical preparation and the Central figures are the stable core.
The Short Version
The UP Rajpatra is produced through the Directorate of Printing and Stationery, with government presses at Prayagraj, Lucknow, Rampur and Varanasi, and personal notifications follow the department's process rather than a walk-in counter. Preparation is identical to the Central route, the same affidavit and the same two advertisements, so the state option saves no effort, and its charges and timeline are departmental figures you should confirm directly rather than read on a blog. Apply the two-question test: anything national or foreign in your future means Central, and a state-only purpose still gains nothing by narrowing. Switching later means a complete fresh filing, which is how people end up paying twice. WhatsApp 9540005002 with your purpose and we will name the route honestly.