The Rajasthan government has formally recognised the gender transition of a physical training instructor at a government school in Kota and ordered that his official records be updated, The Hindu reported.
The instructor has legally transitioned from female to male after surgery and will be known by a new male name. He spoke to PTI but asked not to be identified, citing privacy concerns.
The State education department issued the order earlier this week, and it was shared with the media on Saturday, according to the report. The two District Education Officers in Kota, Ramcharan Meena for secondary education and Roop Singh Meena for elementary education, confirmed that it had been issued.
What the order does
The instructor had asked to change his gender and name under Rule 8A of the Rajasthan Service Rules. The government said the decision followed procedure under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act along with that rule, The Hindu reported.
After gazette notifications, newspaper announcements and the required legal bonds were completed, the State cleared the update of all his service records. Official correspondence and departmental work will now use his new name.
Why it matters
The order comes months after Parliament changed the law on this very process. Under the 2019 Act, a person who had surgery to change gender could obtain a revised certificate of identity, according to PRS Legislative Research. The 2026 amendment, published in the gazette on March 30, makes that revised certificate mandatory.
PRS said the amendment also requires the medical institution to inform the District Magistrate about the surgery, and adds a designated medical board's recommendation before a certificate is issued. It also removes trans men and trans women from the categories listed in the Act's definition of a transgender person, while entitling those with a certificate to change their first name in official documents.
The Hindu's report does not say which version of the procedure was applied in this case.