CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Health Department has extended the deadline for entering names in birth records up to September 26, 2026.
In a letter dated January 27, 2026, Additional Chief Secretary Dr P Senthilkumar informed the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine that the government has approved the request to allow name inclusion in birth records beyond the earlier time limits.
The order authorises the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths, Chennai, to communicate this permission to all line departments. The extension applies to birth records registered both before and after the commencement of the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000.
The order said that the decision was taken after careful examination of a proposal submitted by the Director of Public Health, citing the need to provide relief to individuals whose names were not entered in birth records within the prescribed period.
With this extension, eligible persons across the state will have an additional opportunity to regularise their birth records by adding names till September 26, 2026, easing the administrative and legal difficulties faced by the public. Previously, the government has extended the deadline for the same upto December 31, 2024.