THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17694 OF 2010 DATED 26th JULY, 2010 BETWEEN: Syed Azher … Petitioner A n d The Regional Passport Officer, Having Office at Clock Towers, Near Prashant Talkies, Secuderabad. …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17694 OF 2010 O R D E R The petitioner seeks change of his date of birth in the passport. It is his case that his date of birth is wrongly shown as 07.08.1970 instead of 16.11.1976. However, the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad, did not take action upon his application in this regard. Hence, this writ petition. The matter is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in MOHD.NASRULLAH KHAN V/s. REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD [1] . Following the same, the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad, is directed to consider the application of the petitioner for change of his date of birth in the passport under para (a) of the Circular instructions dated 18.04.2001 issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. As per the said guidelines, no declaratory order is required for carrying out correction of date of birth once the applicant produces sufficient proof in the form of his Secondary School Certificate. However, in the event the petitioner’s case falls under clause (c) of the said Circular owing to the contradiction between records issued by two competent authorities, the petitioner would be required to obtain a declaratory order. With the above directions the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 26th JULY, 2010 PGS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17694 OF 2010 26th JULY, 2010A [1] 2005(1) ALD 419