IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 493 OF 2011 MR. EUTEMIO ANTONIO FERNANDES ... Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CENTRAL GOVT. NEW DELHI AND ANR., ... Respondents Ms. Reshma Satardekar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. C. A. Ferreira, Assistant Solicitor General for the respondents. Coram:- A. P. LAVANDE & SMT. R. P. SONDURBALDOTA, JJ. Date:- 12th October, 2011 P.C. By this petition, the petitioner seeks direction to respondent no.2- the Passport Officer to correct his date of birth as 21st January, 1941 and the name of his mother as Pascoela Fernandes in his Indian Passport bearing no.H0192572 issued by the office of respondent no.2. The date of birth presently mentioned on his passport is 21st January, 1947. According to the petitioner, he has sufficient documents to show that his date of birth is 21st January, 1941 and not 21st January, 1947. 2. Mr. Ferreira, learned Assistant Solicitor General on behalf of respondent no.2 draws our attention to circular dated 29th October, 2007 of the Ministry of External Affairs which grants discretion to respondent no.2 to correct date of birth without a Court order only where such correction is in months and not more than 2 years. In view of this circular, respondent no.2 has no discretion to grant correction in the date of birth of the petitioner which is more than 2 years. The petitioner herein is seeking to correct the error in his date of birth of about 6 years. 3. Therefore, the direction as sought in the petition cannot be granted. 4. The petitioner is required to adopt the appropriate proceedings for declaration of his correct date of birth before approaching the Passport Authority for correction in the passport. Therefore, the petition is dismissed. A. P. LAVANDE, J. SMT. R. P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. SMA