IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 21250 of 2008. [O&M] Date of Decision: 29th January, 2009. Sarabjit Singh ....Petitioner through Mr. Rajeev Anand, Advocate Versus Union of India & Anr. .Respondents through Mr. S.K.Sharma, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? SURYA KANT, J. [ORAL) The petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent – authorities to affect change of his date of birth in his Passport. To be precise, the petitioner wants that his date of birth be corrected as per the Birth Certificate issued by the Registrar of Birth and Deaths in place of the one which is mentioned in his Passport on the basis of Middle Standard Certificate. Notice of motion was issued and in response thereto, the respondents have filed their counter-affidavit primarily with the plea that the petitioner has not approached the authorities concerned. On the other hand, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that an application dated 5.12.2008 [Annexure P-5] has been moved to the Competent Authority. He further submits that the controversy in this case is squarely answered in his favour by a Division Bench of this Court in Resham Singh Versus Union of India, 2008[1] RCR [Civil], 131. Having heard learned counsel for the parties at some length and on perusal of the material on record, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner in the light of Division Bench judgment of this Court in Resham Singh's case [supra]. Let the needful be done within a period of one month from the date the petitioner submits the requisite documents along with a certified copy of this order. Disposed of. January 29, 2009. ( SURYA KANT ) dinesh JUDGE