Doctor Must Correct Educational Records Before Applying For Medical Officer Post Under Changed Name: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a doctor seeking to participate in the Medical Officer Direct Recruitment Examination, 2026, under his changed name must first get his name corrected in his educational documents.

The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that the relief sought by the petitioner could not be granted until his name was corrected in his school and college records.

It clarified that if his name was rectified in the educational documents by the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education and the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS), he could furnish the corrected documents to the concerned authorities for necessary action.

The petitioner's name was recorded as “Jai Shri Ram” in his educational documents. After completing his degree, he changed his name to “Jai Gurjar”, and the Government of Rajasthan published a notification reflecting the change in the Rajasthan Gazette.

Based on the Gazette notification, he approached RUHS and the Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC) seeking correction of his name. RUHS subsequently directed SMS Medical College, Jaipur, to issue his MBBS migration certificate in the name “Jai Shri Ram alias Jai Gurjar”. His application for a name change before the RMC was also shown as approved by the Registrar.

In this background, the petitioner approached the High Court seeking directions to the authorities to allow him to participate in the recruitment process under the name “Jai Gurjar” and not reject or invalidate his application merely because his existing medical registration certificate issued by the RMC bore his former name.

Opposing the plea, the respondents argued that the petitioner had secured admission to the MBBS course on the basis of educational documents bearing the name “Jai Shri Ram”. They contended that unless his name was corrected in his school and college records, the necessary changes could not be made to his MBBS records or medical registration.

The Court held that the relief sought could not be granted until the petitioner's name was corrected in his educational documents. It clarified that it had not directed any authority to change his name in those records and that the authorities would be at liberty to consider his applications in accordance with law. The petition was accordingly disposed of, granting him liberty to approach the authorities again after the necessary corrections were made.