There is a deadline on this that almost nobody publishes: the Government's own instruction gives you two months from the date of publication to report an error in writing — after which it will not be entertained. Here is how to report it, and the realistic options.
A Gazette notification is a published record. Once it appears, you generally can't simply edit it β correcting a published mistake usually means additional documentation and, in many cases, a fresh publication. That's why the single most valuable safeguard is checking the draft carefully before anything is filed.
If an error was present in the draft and got approved, correcting it after publication generally requires preparing fresh documentation and, typically, a new publication reflecting the correct details. There may be additional cost for this, since it's effectively new work β we'd explain that clearly before proceeding.
Fixing a published Gazette usually means a corrective publication, not a quiet edit β so prevention at the draft stage is worth far more than any cure afterwards.
Sometimes the Gazette is internally 'correct' but the old name doesn't match, say, your Aadhaar, so the update is rejected. This is why we ask for the intended purpose before drafting. If this has happened, tell us the exact target-document details and we'll advise the cleanest way forward.
This is the single most important thing on this page, and almost nobody publishes it. The Government prints it as instruction 11 on its own birth-date notice form: if any error remains in what was published in the Gazette, it must be brought to the written notice of the Manager, Government Press & Stationery, Rajkot, within two months of the date of publication. The instruction goes on to say that after two months, the matter will not be considered.
Most people find the error when an office rejects their document — and that can easily be three or four months after publication. By then the window has closed. If you have spotted something wrong in a published entry, put it in writing to Rajkot now, even while you work out what to do next. Writing costs you nothing and it preserves the option.
Phone the office as well if you want — 0281-2540016, 0281-2540017, 0281-2479244 — but a phone call is not a written report, and the instruction says written. Put it in writing first, then call.
This two-month rule is printed on the birth-date notice form. We have read all three name-change Annexures line by line and they do not carry the same wording. So we cannot tell you the identical deadline is written down for a name change — but the practical advice is the same either way: report a published error in writing immediately. There is no version of this where waiting helps you.
Instruction 12 on the same form states that whether an application is accepted or rejected, the original affidavit and the other documents submitted with it are not returned to the applicant.
That has a practical consequence people discover too late: if you have to correct an error and file again, you will need a fresh affidavit — new stamp paper, new notarisation, paid again. Before you file anything, photograph or scan every page you are sending, and keep a certified copy of the affidavit. It costs nothing that day and saves a repeat trip to the notary on a day you are already dealing with a problem.
If publication has not appeared at all — a different problem from a wrong entry — instruction 10 gives you the same two-month window: send the payment details, the registration number and the date to the Rajkot office by letter or e-mail. Before doing that, check the three official status screens, and in particular the payment-status screen, which needs nothing but your mobile number. A payment that never registered is a common reason nothing was ever published.
Tell us exactly what's wrong and where you need to use the Gazette, and we'll advise the most sensible, honest way to put it right.
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Normal plan: your published Gujarat Gazette within 60 working days. Express: within 30 working days β counted from the working day after full payment is received and your application number is generated, and we confirm your exact end date in writing. Working days are days the Gazette Department, Rajkot is open; Sundays, 2nd and 4th Saturdays and Government of Gujarat public holidays are not counted. If we miss your window you get a 100% refund of your invoice within 24 hours β no deduction for the Government fee, e-stamp, notary or drafting β and we still deliver your Gazette at no further service charge. In practice most of our filed gazettes publish within about 15 days of filing. The full terms are sent with your quote, before you pay.
