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The facility of change of name is not permitted on the booking made under Tatkal Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>iii. The timings of opening of booking under Tatkal scheme on the opening day of reservation have been staggered to 1000 hours and 1100 hours on the previous day of journey from train originating station for AC and non-AC classes respectively.<\/p>\n<p>iv. Authorised ticketing agents have been restricted from booking Tatkal tickets during the first thirty minutes of opening of Tatkal booking i.e. from 1000 hours to 1030 hours and from 1100 hours to 1130 hours.<\/p>\n<p>v. Web service agents have been permitted to book only one Tatkal ticket per train per day.<\/p>\n<p>vi. Maximum four passengers per PNR are permitted for Tatkal Tickets. Individuals are allowed only 2 Tatkal tickets per IP Address from 1000 hours to 1200 hours and maximum number of tickets allowed to an individual user is limited to 6 per month.<\/p>\n<p>vii. 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