IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 16204 of 2009 Sanjay Sinha, son of Shri Anil Kumar Sinha and father of Thakur Seshank Sinha, resident of “Purnimalaya”, 4H/46, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, P S – Agamkuan, District – Patna - Petitioner Versus 1 The Chairman, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna 2 The Registrar (Birth and Death), Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna - Respondents ----------- 2 26.11.2009 The petitioner’s son is in United States of America on a passport granted by this country and a visa duly granted by the American Government. Visa and passport are due for renewal. At this stage, petitioner discovered that the date of birth of his son Thakur Seshank Sinha has been wrongly endorsed in the birth certificate. It has been endorsed as 21.04.1990 instead of 21.04.1991. On realising this mistake, he approached the Registrar (Birth and Death), Patna Municipal Corporation for necessary correction. He was asked to get orders for the same from the Subdivisional Officer, Patna. He made an application to the Subdivisional Officer, Patna who permitted the change and endorsed the same to the Registrar concerned for necessary correction in the certificate as was issued. Petitioner has already filed necessary affidavit and certificate granted by the school in which petitioner’s son had last studied. Petitioner has already deposited the requisite fee. Thus, all formalities are completed but there is apparently some delay in grant of correct certificate at the end of the Registrar (Birth and Death), Patna Municipal Corporation. This is likely to cause severe prejudice to the 2 petitioner’s son as the corrected certificate is required urgently by the US immigration authorities and for correction of passport. In such a situation, I direct respondent No 2, Registrar (Birth and Death), Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna to immediately grant corrected registration certificate of birth in relation to Thakur Seshank Sinha, petitioner’s son if all other formalities are complete. In case if there is any deficiency, he would give it in writing hand to hand so that the same may be made up and rectified without delay in the matter. It is expected that the Registrar would understand the urgency of the matter and act accordingly. With these observations and direction, the writ petition is disposed of. The learned counsel for the State may also accordingly advise respondent No 2, the Registrar (Birth and Death) in this regard. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)