IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No 818 of 2003 For Approval and Signature: Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE KUNDAN SINGH ============================================================ 1. Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed : NO to see the judgements? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? : NO 3. Whether Their Lordships wish to see the fair copy : NO of the judgement? 4. Whether this case involves a substantial question : NO of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution of India, 1950 of any Order made thereunder? 5. Whether it is to be circulated to the concerned : NO Magistrate/Magistrates,Judge/Judges,Tribunal/Tribunals? -------------------------------------------------------------- PATEL SONALBEN NARENDRABHAI Versus REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: 1. Special Civil Application No. 818 of 2003 MR UM SHASTRI for Petitioner No. 1 MR DN PATEL for Respondent No. 1 RULE SERVED BY DS for Respondent No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR.JUSTICE KUNDAN SINGH Date of decision: 24/02/2003 ORAL JUDGEMENT 1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. By means of this petitioner, the petitioner has sought for a direction to the respondent authority for correcting the birth date of the petitioner in her passport issued by the respondent authority on 20th February, 1998 on the basis of the birth certificate issued by the competent authority. 2. The petitioner has already moved the respondent authority for that purpose to the respondent authority and that application has yet not been decided and the same is pending. The respondent authority is insisting some order passed by the Court of competent jurisdiction. 3. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed with a direction to the respondent authority to consider the application of the petitioner for making correction in her birth date in the passport on the basis of the material produced before it including the birth date certificate and to pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of one month from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order. The respondent authority would be at liberty to pass appropriate order with regard to the costs of these proceedings. Rule is made absolute to the aforesaid extent. (Kundan Singh, J.) /JVSatwara/