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It was straight seven years ago on 12 April 2016 that the Manohar Lal Khattar led BJP dispensation in Haryana announced with much fanfare its decision to rechristen (rename) the name of then Gurgaon district, also termed as the Millennium City, to Gurugram.
The proposal of the State Government was then sent to the Central Government for necessary approval since it is the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which finally either grants NOC (No Objection Certificate) to such name change proposals or else declines the same.
Be that as it may, it was reported in the media during Sep-Oct, 2016 that MHA has granted its assent to Gurgaon renaming as Gurugram. Ever since then the new name Gurugram is being mentioned and quoted especially in official documents except in case of Gurgaon Parliamentary Constituency (Lok Sabha Seat) currently being represented in 17th Lok Sabha by Rao Inderjit Singh who is also Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Modi Sarkar as well in case of Gurgaon Assembly Constituency (Vidhan Sabha Seat) which is currently being represented in 14th Haryana Vidhan Sabha by BJP MLA Sudhir Kumar Singla. The name Gurgaon is still being used in lieu of Gurugram in case of both these Constituencies by respective Houses.
(SUBHEAD)Meanwhile, Hemant Kumar, an Advocate at Punjab & Haryana High Court, said that that the other day when he traced & read the Gazette Notification pertaining to change of name of Gurgaon to Gurugram as issued under the seal & signature of then Additional Chief Secretary cum Financial Commissioner to Government of Haryana, Revenue & Disaster Management Department, Keshni Anand Arora & which was also published in Haryana Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 14 Oct 2016
he found that the same only mentions the change in name of Gurgaon City to Gurugram rather than changing the name of (entire) Gurgaon district to Gururgram. Now if this has been an inadvertent omission or else, it remains to be seen & thoroughly inquired into. However what is more surprising is that this grave omission hasn't come to the notice of anyone including any Government or Political functionary ever since the issuance of aforesaid Notification over six & a half years ago, quips Hemant.
