IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 1584 of 2010 Between: Shaik Shakeel ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad and another. .....RESPONDENT(S) HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.No.1584 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner states that he was born on 12-10-1979 and his date of birth entered in school registers as 12-10-1979, but however, when he applied for passport, by mistake, his date of birth was shown as 18-06- 1979. Coming to know of the said mistake, he gave a representation to the respondent-Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad, requesting him to make the required correction, however, as no orders have been passed, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the Central Government. 3. This Court, without expressing any view as to when the petitioner was born, directs the respondent-Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad, to hold an enquiry and pass appropriate orders on the representation made by the petitioner. It is needless to observe that the petitioner may produce all the relevant documents to substantiate his contention that his date of birth is 12-10-1979 but not 18-06-1979. The said exercise shall be done within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ 1st February 2010 KVR