THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.6178 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner was issued a passport bearing No. B 1380651, wherein his date of birth was mentioned as 20.01.1978. The petitioner contends that his date of birth is 20.01.1980, and due to clerical mistake, the year was wrongly mentioned. He submitted an application before the respondent, for making necessary corrections in the passport as to date of birth. His grievance is that no action has been taken thereon. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent. Due to clerical mistake, the date of birth of the petitioner was mentioned as 20.01.1978, in the passport, in stead of 20.01.1980. The Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs issued circular dated 29.10.2007 prescribing the procedure to be followed for correcting clerical or technical mistakes, particularly those relating to the date or place of birth. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent to take necessary steps on the application of the petitioner in accordance with the circular dated 29.10.2007, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.11.03.2011. GJ