IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18306 OF 2010 DATED:28.7.2010 Between: Kalidindi Prudhviraj .....PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad. .....RESPONDENT This Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18306 OF 2010 ORDER: 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 11.7.1997 instead of 12.7.1997. However, the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad, did not take action in this regard upon his application. Heard Sri Indra Prakash, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Unnam Muralidhar Rao, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent. The matter is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in MOHD. NASRULLAH KHAN VS. 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 18.4.2001 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 petitioner produces sufficient proof in the form of a birth certificate as he is yet to complete his schooling. 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 direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ Justice Sanjay Kumar Date:28.7.2010. gurc. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18306 OF 2010 28th JULY, 2010 [1] 2005 (1) ALD 419