Kaagazaat
+91 70871 19160

Kaagazaat

Affidavit of One and the Same Person

At a glance

Price
₹199 · GST included

₹199

GST included

Launch period: downloads are free for now. The prices shown apply once payments open.

Need more than this one? It’s part of the Correcting records kit: 2 documents for ₹299 instead of ₹398. You save ₹99. See what’s in the kit

Guided questions, full draft on screen, download in Word.

See all prices

Also called

  • Same Person Affidavit
  • One and the Same Person Certificate / Declaration
  • Name Discrepancy Affidavit
  • Also-Known-As (Alias) Affidavit
  • Ek Hi Vyakti Hone Ka Shapath Patra
  • Naam Ki Bhinnata Ka Shapath Patra

Whether you can fill this in here

You can fill this in here

You can fill this one in on this site, and read the whole draft on screen before you decide anything about it. It is a carefully drafted template; it is not advice about your own facts.

Fill this one in
Why you need it

When you need it

Use this when the same person's name appears differently across their papers — a maiden vs married name, an initial expanded in one paper but not another, a spelling/transliteration difference (common where a jamabandi was transliterated from Urdu or a regional script) — and an office needs assurance they're one person. Needed at: mutation, when a deed name doesn't match the jamabandi; registration; bank KYC; EPFO, LIC, passport, RTO; an electricity correction; a society; or an employer. It reconciles name versions — it does NOT change your name (a deed of change plus Gazette publication does) and does NOT correct Aadhaar/PAN. Nominal duty, notarised, not registered.

See stamp duty, registration and witnesses

What follows is the position for this kind of document. The amount is set by the state the property is in and it changes, so the figure for your own state is worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office before you pay anything.

Stamp duty

A fixed, nominal duty under Article 4, Schedule I — NOT ad valorem; it doesn't depend on the value of any property or claim. In Punjab and Chandigarh it's Rs 10; other states range roughly Rs 10-100 (Maharashtra Rs 100, Karnataka/Tamil Nadu Rs 20) — verify the current figure with the stamp vendor or e-stamp portal, since states revise these by notification. Buy a higher denomination if unsure — that's harmless. Buying too little is a real risk: an under-stamped affidavit can be impounded (s.33) and released only on paying the deficit plus a penalty up to 10x (s.35/39). E-stamp certificates (SHCIL or the state's own system) are widely available; physical stamp paper works everywhere too. One exemption: an affidavit made for filing in a court is exempt from Article 4 duty — it instead carries a court-fee stamp and is usually sworn before a court-attached Oath Commissioner, not a notary.

Registration

Not registrable — not in section 17's compulsory list, and no reason to use section 18 either; skip the Sub-Registrar. It's filed as an ANNEXURE instead — in a mutation file, alongside a deed, or with a bank/EPFO/LIC/society request — and stays there. Get a separate ORIGINAL sworn for each office you file with; each needs its own stamp paper, since photocopies are usually refused.

Notarisation

Yes — the whole point; unsworn, it's just a letter. Swear it before a Notary Public, an Oath Commissioner, or an Executive/Judicial Magistrate, in person, with your ID and documents showing each name version. Three things must be on the finished affidavit, or it's commonly rejected: the notary's seal/signature; the register serial number and date written on the page (checked routinely); and the separate notarial stamp. A notary typically charges Rs 100-300 all-in. No statutory expiry, but banks, EPFO and the passport office often refuse one older than 3-6 months.

Witnesses

None required by law — the deponent's signature plus notary attestation is the whole formality; don't add witnesses out of habit. Some offices ask extra: an identifying person who vouches for you before the notary; occasionally a gazetted officer's counter-attestation (EPFO); or a photo cross-signed and notary-stamped (banks, LIC, passport). Sign the same way on every page and initial each — most notaries won't attest an uninitialled multi-page affidavit.

Talk to a lawyer about this document₹3,539 including GST (₹2,999 + 18% GST), per documentRequest Stamp Paper

Sample preview — placeholder answers, not your data

AFFIDAVIT

(Affidavit of One and the Same Person)

BEFORE THE NOTARY PUBLIC AT Sonipat, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

To,

The Tehsildar
Office of the Tehsildar, Kharkhoda, District Sonipat
Tehsil Complex, Kharkhoda, District Sonipat, Haryana - 131402

Reference: Mutation Application No. 1476 / Khasra No. 118/2, Khewat No. 42, Village Kharkhoda

I, Sunita Sharma, S/o Ram Kishan Sharma, aged about 41 years, by occupation Service, resident of House No. 214, Sector 12, Sonipat, Haryana - 131001, holding Aadhaar bearing No. XXXX XXXX 4821, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:

1. That I am the deponent named above. I am a citizen of India, I am of sound mind and competent to swear this affidavit, and the facts stated below are true to my own personal knowledge.

2. That this affidavit concerns my own name and identity — save that, instead, it concerns the name and identity of Aarav Sharma, a minor, my son, born on 1 April 2026, of whom I am the natural guardian, and on whose behalf I make this affidavit from facts within my personal knowledge.

3. That I am making this affidavit for the following purpose: To have the mutation (dakhil kharij) of Khasra No. 118/2, Village Kharkhoda, entered in my name, where the sale deed records me as Sunita Sharma but the jamabandi and my Aadhaar record me as Sunita Devi. This affidavit is being submitted to the office of the Tehsildar, Office of the Tehsildar, Kharkhoda, District Sonipat. It relates to Mutation Application No. 1476 / Khasra No. 118/2, Khewat No. 42, Village Kharkhoda.

4. That the name of the person described in paragraph 2 above has been recorded differently in different documents, in the following versions:

(a) "Sunita Sharma" — as appearing in: Aadhaar card, PAN card, Sale Deed dated 12.03.2021 registered as Vasika No. 3341.

(b) "Sunita Devi" — as appearing in: Jamabandi for the year 2018-19, Village Kharkhoda; ration card; electricity bill for Consumer No. 4402118.

(c) "S. Sharma" — as appearing in: School Leaving Certificate issued by Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Kharkhoda, dated 30.04.1999.

(d) "Sunita" — as appearing in: Bank passbook, Account No. 3092xxxx1104, Punjab National Bank, Kharkhoda branch.

Further, the name of a relative of mine, namely my father, has likewise been recorded differently in the same set of documents, namely as "Ram Kishan Sharma" and as "Ramkishan", appearing in: 'Ram Kishan Sharma' in my Aadhaar and PAN; 'Ramkishan' in the jamabandi and in my School Leaving Certificate. Every such version refers to one and the same person, that is to say my said relative, whose correct and complete name is "Ram Kishan Sharma".

5. That all the versions of the name set out in paragraph 4 above refer to one and the same person, that is to say the person described in paragraph 2 above, and to no other person whatsoever. There is no second individual answering to any of those versions in the documents referred to.

6. That the difference in the recorded name arose in the following manner: The jamabandi entry was made in Urdu and later transliterated into Hindi by the office, and my surname was written as 'Devi' instead of 'Sharma'. I have always used 'Sharma'.. In particular, "Sunita Rani Malik" is my maiden name, by which I was known before my marriage, which was solemnised on 2 April 2026, and "Sunita Sharma" is the name I have used since my marriage. My marriage is registered and the Marriage Certificate bearing MC/2009/04412 dated 18.11.2009, Registrar of Marriages, Sonipat is annexed to this affidavit.

7. That the correct and complete name, which I request may henceforth be treated as the correct name in the records of the authority to which this affidavit is given, is "Sunita Sharma". The said name has also been published as follows: Published in Dainik Jagran and The Tribune on 04.02.2024; Gazette of India Part IV dated 16.03.2024.

8. That the different versions of the name have not been used, and are not being used, for any fraudulent, dishonest or unlawful purpose. They have not been used to obtain any benefit, allotment, payment, loan, licence or record twice over, nor to conceal any identity, nor to defeat any claim of any person. The difference is only a difference in the way the name was written in the records, and nothing more. Except as stated in paragraph 4, the person described in paragraph 2 above is not known by any other name. No proceeding, civil or criminal, is pending in which the identity of that person, or the difference between these names, is in question.

What this document is for

This is used when one and the same person's name is written differently across their own papers — a maiden name against a married name, an initial spelled out in one document but not another, a spelling that drifted when a jamabandi written in Urdu or a regional script was transliterated — and an office now needs to be satisfied that every version refers to one person and nobody else.

It exists because a name mismatch between two documents — say, the spelling on a sale deed against the spelling in the jamabandi, or an old school record against a current Aadhaar — can quietly stall a mutation, a bank KYC check, an EPFO or LIC claim, or a passport or RTO application until somebody formally reconciles the two. This affidavit is that formal reconciliation, sworn once and then filed wherever the mismatch is being raised.

Before you use this — check it is actually what you need

This affidavit does not change your name — adopting a genuinely new name needs a deed of change of name, usually followed by Gazette publication, which is a different process entirely. And it does not, by itself, correct an Aadhaar or a PAN record — UIDAI and the PAN authorities each run their own separate correction procedure with their own accepted documents.

Stamp paper and registration

Stamp paper needed

Yes

Typical stamp duty — Punjab

Ask us

Typical stamp duty — Chandigarh

Ask us

Registration at the Sub-Registrar

No — Not registrable — an affidavit does not appear on the Registration Act, 1908's compulsory list, and there is no benefit to registering one even where the option exists elsewhere. It is filed as an ANNEXURE wherever it is actually needed — inside a mutation file, alongside a deed, or with a bank, EPFO or society request — rather than lodged anywhere on its own.

Notary or witnesses

Notarisation is the whole point of this document — an unsworn version is just a signed letter with no evidentiary weight. No witness is required by law, though some receiving offices separately want a person who can identify you before the notary, or a photograph cross-signed and notary-stamped.

What you will need before you start

  • Every version of your name that appears in your papers, and exactly which document each version appears in
  • A current identity document — Aadhaar, PAN or similar — showing the name you want treated as correct
  • A short, honest account of how the difference came about — marriage, a spelling variation, a transliteration difference
  • The specific office or purpose you are swearing this for, if you already know it, since a bank, EPFO or the passport office sometimes prescribes its own affidavit format instead of a general one
  • An identifying person for the notary, if you expect one to be asked for

Common mistakes

  • Treating this as a name-change document — it only reconciles versions of a name you already have; adopting a genuinely new name needs a deed of change of name and publication instead.
  • Assuming it also updates Aadhaar or PAN records — it doesn't; those authorities each run their own separate correction procedure with their own accepted documents.
  • Presenting one that is well over three to six months old — banks, EPFO and the passport office commonly decline an older affidavit, so swearing a fresh one is usually simpler than arguing an old one should still count.

Questions people ask before using this document

How much stamp duty does an affidavit of one and the same person need in Punjab or Chandigarh?

We don't state a confirmed figure for either place here. This particular document has not been localised to Punjab and Chandigarh the way the rest of this batch has, so rather than repeat a number that has not been checked to that standard, the honest answer is to ask the stamp vendor or the e-stamp portal for the current Article 4 (affidavit) value, which is a small, fixed amount rather than one based on any property value or claim.

Does this affidavit change my name?

No — it reconciles different existing versions of a name you already have; it does not adopt a new one. If what you actually want is to change your name, the route is a deed of change of name, usually followed by publication, and this affidavit will not get you there.

Will this affidavit fix the spelling of my name on my Aadhaar or PAN?

Not directly. UIDAI and the PAN authorities each run their own separate name-correction process with their own list of accepted supporting documents, and this affidavit is not a substitute for either. It may be useful as one of the supporting papers in that process, but the correction itself has to go through the relevant authority's own form.

How old can the affidavit be before an office stops accepting it?

There is no statutory expiry, but in practice banks, EPFO and the passport office commonly decline one that is more than three to six months old. If your matter has been pending for a while, it is usually simpler to swear a fresh affidavit than to argue an old one should still be accepted.

Do I need to register this affidavit with the Sub-Registrar?

No — an affidavit is not a document the Registration Act, 1908 requires, or even allows in the way a deed is registered. It is sworn before a notary or an oath commissioner and then filed as an annexure with whichever office actually needs it; there is no separate registration step or registration fee for it.

Related documents, and when you would need them

Questions about this document

What does the Affidavit of One and the Same Person cost on Kaagazaat?

₹199, GST included.

Launch period: downloads are free for now. The prices shown apply once payments open.

Often needed with this document

Back to Land records, title checks and approvals