PAN Correction Affidavit - Vadodara Notary

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Start with what is actually wrong

People come in saying they need a PAN affidavit when the underlying problems are quite different from each other, and they need different documents. Sort yours into one of these before anything is drafted:

A typing error at the time of allotment. The name was always Rakesh and the card says Rakash. Nothing has changed in life; a record is wrong.
A genuine change of name - by marriage, by deed, by gazette publication. The old entry was correct when made.
Two versions of the same name in circulation - an initial expanded on one document and not on another, a father's name used as a middle name on some records only.
A date of birth difference between PAN and the school record or the birth certificate.
Father's name spelt differently, or a step-parent's name used on one record.

Where the affidavit fits, and where it does not

A correction to PAN is made on the prescribed correction application with supporting proof. The affidavit is not the mechanism of change; it is the bridge document that explains why two of your papers disagree, so that the proof you are filing can be tied to you. Where you hold documentary proof of the correct position - a birth certificate, a school leaving certificate, a marriage certificate, a gazette notification - that proof is the substance of the application and the affidavit only supports it.

An affidavit on its own will not change your PAN.

If you have no supporting document at all, expect the correction to be refused, however carefully the affidavit is worded. The useful step in that case is to first obtain the underlying record - a corrected school record, a birth certificate, a gazette publication - and then apply. We will say so rather than take a fee for a page that will not work.

Drafting points that matter

Quote the PAN itself. Set out the entry as it currently stands, word for word, and the entry as it should read, word for word - not a description of the difference but both versions in full. State how the discrepancy arose, in one sentence, honestly. Where there was a real change of name, say when it happened and identify the document that evidences it. Where the two versions have both been in use, say which one you now wish to be treated as correct across your records, because a correction to PAN alone leaves you with the same mismatch somewhere else.

The Aadhaar link

A difference between the name on PAN and the name on Aadhaar causes trouble well beyond the PAN record itself - in banking, in filing, in any process that reads the two together. Fixing one and leaving the other is a half job. If the Aadhaar entry is the one that is wrong, see aadhaar correction affidavit and deal with both in the same visit, so that the wording of the two declarations agrees.

What gets these rejected

The affidavit gives the new version only, without reproducing the existing entry.
The correct spelling stated in the affidavit does not match the supporting document exactly - an extra space, a dropped middle name.
A name change deposed to as an error, when the honest position is that the name genuinely changed. These are not interchangeable and the department reads for it.
No gazette notification or marriage evidence, where the name actually changed.
The deponent's signature on the affidavit differing from the signature on the application.

What the notary does

Section 8(1)(e) of the Notaries Act, 1952 allows the notary to administer the oath and take the affidavit; section 8(2) requires the notary's signature and official seal for it to be a notarial act at all. The seal proves the swearing. It does not verify that the name you have deposed to is the correct one - that is what your supporting documents are for.

Stamp and fee.

Stamp duty as currently prescribed under the Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958; the current figure is confirmed at the counter. Administering an oath or taking an affidavit is capped at ₹35 under Rule 10(1) of the Notaries Rules, 1956, receipted and entered in the register in Form XV. Full list on our charges page.

If your problem is only that two records show two versions of one person, you may not need a correction at all - a one and same person affidavit is often accepted and is a smaller exercise.

What to bring

PAN card, original and photocopy
Aadhaar, and any document that carries the correct version of the particular
Birth certificate or school leaving certificate, where date of birth or name is in issue
Marriage certificate or gazette notification, where the name genuinely changed
The correction application if already filled, or a note of what you have entered
Any rejection or query letter you have received

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Bank KYC affidavit

Common questions

Can I change my name on PAN using only a notarised affidavit?

Not normally. The correction runs on the prescribed application with supporting proof, and the affidavit explains the discrepancy rather than proving the correct position. Where the name genuinely changed, the department will look for the underlying evidence - a marriage certificate, a gazette notification, a corrected school record. Obtain that first; the affidavit is then a useful supporting page rather than the whole case.

My PAN and Aadhaar names differ slightly. Which one do I correct?

Correct the one that is wrong, judged against your oldest reliable record - usually the school leaving certificate or the birth certificate. Correcting the wrong side of the mismatch simply moves the problem. If both are defensible versions of the same name and no change has taken place, a one and same person affidavit is often accepted and is far less work than two corrections.

Is stamp paper required for a PAN correction affidavit?

Where a sworn affidavit is asked for, yes - on stamp paper of the value currently prescribed under the Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958, and we confirm that figure at the counter. Some offices will take a plain self-declaration instead for a simple spelling point. Ask what the receiving office wants before you buy anything, because the two are not interchangeable everywhere.

Affidavit for a PAN correction