IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC THURSDAY, THE 9TH DECEMBER 2010 / 18TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 36759 of 2010(T) --------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): -------------------- P.PRABHAKARAN, AGED 54 YEARS, S/O.PAULRAJ, RESIDING AT JOBIN NIVAS, PALLANADU, MARAYOOR P.O., IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.JOICE GEORGE RESPONDENT(S): --------------------- THE TAHSILDAR, DEVIKULAM, TALUK OFFICE, DEVIKULAM P.O., IDUKKI DISTRICT, PIN-685613. BY GOVT.PLEADER SRI.P.NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/12/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: svs/ ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` W.P.(C) No. 36759 of 2010 T ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dated this the 9th day of December, 2010 J U D G M E N T Exts.P6 and P7 are the requests made by the petitioner to the respondent to issue him a certificate showing his place of birth and date of birth. According to the petitioner, though the respondent has obtained a report from the Village Officer, he has rejected the request of the petitioner by Ext.P8, stating that he cannot get his date of birth in the service records corrected at this distance of time. Contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that he did not make any request for his correction of his date of birth in the service records but only applied for a certificate of his place birth and date of birth and that the respondent has misdirected himself in issuing Ext.P8. 2. Though I am inclined to agree with the learned counsel for the petitioner, still fact remains that as far as his date of birth is concerned, that is to be certified by the W.P.(C) No.36759/10 : 2 : Registrar of Births and Deaths and, therefore, that part of the request of the petitioner cannot be entertained by the respondent. However, in so far as the request of the petitioner for certificate regarding his place of birth is concerned, this is a matter for the respondent to enquire into the issue. 3. Therefore, I quash Ext.P8 and direct that the request of the petitioner as contained in Exts.P6 and P7 to the extent the certificate is sought for regarding the place of birth of the petitioner will be entertained by the respondent and after enquiry, a certificate will be issued. This shall be done, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within six weeks from the date of production of a copy of this judgment. Writ petition is disposed of as above. Sd/- (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) aks // True Copy // P.A. To Judge