Allahabad High Court
BRIJ MOHANversusUNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
A name change in Aadhaar records requires a Gazette notification and a subsequent application to UIDAI, which must be decided within six weeks.
Summary
Petitioner Brij Mohan filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a direction to UIDAI and its regional office to correct his name from 'Ramvriksh' to 'Brij Mohan' in his Aadhaar record. The respondents contended that the petitioner must first obtain a Gazette notification of the name change as mandated by the Janhit Guarantee Act, 2011, and thereafter file an application with the UIDAI regional office. The court accepted this procedural requirement, noting that a mere representation is insufficient. It held that after the Gazette notification, the petitioner may apply to the respondents for the correction, which must be decided within six weeks. Accordingly, the petition was disposed without granting the relief sought.
Issues considered
- Whether a petitioner can directly seek a court direction for name correction in Aadhaar under Article 226 without complying with statutory procedure.
- Whether the Janhit Guarantee Act, 2011 requires a Gazette notification before a name change can be effected in Aadhaar records.
Legislation cited
- Janhit Guarantee Act 2011
Subjects
- Aadhaar
- Name change
- Article 226
- Janhit Guarantee Act
- Gazette notification
- UIDAI
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 34512 of 2026
Brij Mohan
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Unique Identification Authority Of India And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rajendra Kumar Ojha
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Rajesh Tripathi
Court No. - 1
HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records.
2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution,
petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondent Nos. 2 & 3 to
correct the name of the petitioner from 'Ramvriksh" to 'Brij Mohan' in his
Aadhaar records.
3. Learned counsel for the respondent submits that a simple representation
would not do the needful. He submits that as per the standing operating
procedure provided under the Janhit Guarantee Act 2011, petitioner is
required to first get a Gazette notification of her changed name as she
wants and after Gazette notification she can get an application filed before
the regional office of the respondent no. 3 to get his name changed in the
Aadhaar records.
4. After getting changed his name notified vide gazette notification,
petitioner shall apply before competent authority namely respondent nos.
2 & 3 for change of name in his Aadhaar records, and if he moves any
such application, that shall be disposed of by respondent nos. 2 & 3
within a further period of six weeks.
5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands
disposed of.
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.)
September 17, 2026/S.Prakash
Digitally signed by :-
SHASHI PRAKASH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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