IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND TEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4068 of 2010 Between: Baby Susmita Vuppala … Petitioner And The Regional Passport Officer, Andhra Pradesh at Secunderabad, Hyderabad. … Respondent Counsel for the petitioner : Sri J.U.M.V. Prasad Counsel for the respondent: Sri A. Samir Kumar Reddy This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4068 of 2010 ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondent in entertaining her application for renewal of passport dated 23.04.2004 along with a request to correct her date of birth, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner’s passport expired on 23.04.2009. She filed an application for its renewal along with a request for correction of her date of birth. On the ground that the application has not been entertained, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties. Since the petitioner’s passport expired, the appropriate course open to her is to apply for a fresh passport. If the respondent is satisfied that the petitioner’s claim for mentioning 24.07.1993 as date of birth in the proposed passport is based on an authentic certificate issued by the competent authority, he shall issue the passport with the said date of birth. In case, it is found that the earlier passport was issued on the basis of a certificate issued by a competent authority, which is in conflict with the certificate proposed to be produced by the petitioner along with the fresh application, the respondent may insist on the petitioner to obtain a decree from the competent civil Court. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.5288 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 10.03.2010 ES