IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 17TH NOVEMBER 2009 / 26TH KARTHIKA 1931 WP(C).No. 31828 of 2009(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SAVINAY PALAT KALIDAS, S/O.PALAT CHIRAKKARA VEETTIL KALIDASAN, A.K.HOUSE, ANNUR P.O. PAYYANNUR (VIA), KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.E.N.VISHNU NAMBOODIRI SRI.S.P.SURESH KUMAR SRI.ROY THOMAS (MUVATTUPUZHA) RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, PASSPORT OFFICE, KOZHIKODE. ADV. SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.SOLICITOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/11/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J ------------------- W.P.(C).31828/2009 -------------------- Dated this the 17th day of November, 2009 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the holder of Indian Passport No.B.3108306 issued by the Passport Officer, Kozhikode. In the passport, the date of birth of the petitioner is given as 7.7.1981. The petitioner submits that though he had moved the Passport Officer, Kozhikode, seeking correction of the date of birth in the passport, the respondent declined to accept the application for correction of date of birth stating that he should get a declaration from the competent civil court as regards the correct date of birth. 2. When this writ petition came up for hearing today, Sri.T.P.M.Ibrahim Khan, the learned Assistant Solicitor General of India appearing for the respondents submitted that as the difference between the date of birth entered in the passport and the actual date of birth is less than two years, the Passport Officer will entertain the application for correction of the date of birth and take appropriate action in the matter expeditiously. In the light of the said submission I dispose of this writ W.P.(C).31828/09 2 petition with a direction to the respondent to receive the application for correction of the date of birth of the petitioner in his passport and pass orders thereon in accordance with law expeditiously and in any event within two weeks from the date on which such an application is submitted before the respondent. The respondent, shall if the petitioner's request is accepted, take steps to issue a fresh passport with the correct date of birth expeditiously and in any event within one month from the date on which the petitioner's request for correction of date of birth is accepted. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge mrcs