IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH AUGUST 2011 / 2ND BHADRA 1933 WP(C).No. 31494 of 2010(J) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- MOHAMMAD ALI KOLAYIL, ITHITHARAYIL HOUSE, ANDATHODE.P.O., TRICHUR, KERALA. BY ADV. SMT.SHAMEENA SALAHUDHEEN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-36. 2. UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI. ADV. SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.S.G OF INDI FOR R1 SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR FOR R1-R2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 24/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC NO.31494/2010 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS : EXT.P1 COPY OF THE PASSPORT DT 13.6.03. EXT.P2 COPY OF THE PASSPORT DT 17.12.1993. EXT.P3 COPY OF THE EXTRACT DT 24.9.10 EXT.P4 COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DT 5.10.10. EXT.P5 COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: ANNEXURE-R1 COPY OF THE CIRCULAR DT 29.10.07. ANNEXURE-R2 COPY OF THE CIRCULAR DT 15.1.08. // True Copy // P.A. To Judge ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` W.P.(C) No. 31494 of 2010 J ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dated this the 24th day of August, 2011 J U D G M E N T ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The grievance of the petitioner is that, in Ext.P1 passport issued by the respondent, his date of birth has been shown as 08.09.1961 instead of 05.05.1968. It is seeking a direction to the respondent to correct the said mistake, this writ petition has been filed. 2. A statement has been filed by the respondent on behalf of the respondent in which it is stated thus:- “The respondent have no objection to issue the passport with a correction in date of birth, if the applicant/petitioner produces copy of birth certificate issued by the competent authority.” 3. Along with I.A.No.13879/2011, petitioner has produced a birth certificate issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, which also shows that his date of birth is 05.05.1968. However, he has no case that the birth W.P.(C) No.31494/2010 : 2 : certificate has been produced before the respondent along with the required application for correction. 4. Be that as it may, now that the respondent has expressed its willingness to consider the application of the petitioner if a birth certificate is produced and as the petitioner has already obtained the certificate, I direct that it will be open to the petitioner to make a fresh application to the respondent and produce Ext.P5 birth certificate. It is ordered that, in the event such an application is made, the same shall be considered as undertaken in the statement referred to above. Orders thereon will also be passed, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate, within four weeks from the date of receipt of the application as above along with a copy of this judgment. Writ petition is disposed of as above. Sd/- (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) aks/25/08 // True Copy // P.A. To Judge