IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 5TH APRIL 2010 / 15TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 6234 of 2010(D) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------- MITHUN JOHN VALLIYIL, VALLIYIL HOUSE, PULLAD P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.T.P.PRADEEP RESPONDENT: --------------- THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, TRIVANDRUM. ADV. SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.S.G OF INDIA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 05/04/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX IN W.P.(C)No.6234/10 PETITIONER'S EXTS: EXT.P1: TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF PASSPORT BEARING NO.B 1642794. EXT.P2: TRUE COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE ISSUED FROM THE THIRUVALLA MUNICIPALITY DATED 14.12.2007. EXT.P3: TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF PETITIONER'S CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION DATED 31.5.01. TRUE COPY T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ---------------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.6234 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the holder of Indian Passport bearing No.B 1642794 issued from the Embassy of India, Bahrain on 27.2.2001. Exhibit P1 is the copy containing the relevant pages of the passport. 2. According to the petitioner, in the passport, his place of birth was wrongly entered as 'Mangadu, Pathanamthitta' instead of his correct place of birth 'Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla'. Exhibit P2 is the birth certificate issued by the Thiruvalla Municipality and Exhibit P3 is the copy of the certificate of petitioner's Central Board of Secondary Education. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that even though an application for correction was submitted, it was not being accepted or entertained. 4. Heard the Assistant Solicitor General of India appearing for the respondent. It is submitted that the petitioner can submit an application for machine readable passport and if W.P.(C)No.6234/10 -2- such an application is submitted, a passport with correct entries could be issued by the respondent. Therefore, if the petitioner submits such an application, within a period of two weeks, along with a copy of the certificate showing the correct place of birth, the respondent will take appropriate action and a passport with all the correct details including the details regarding the place of birth will be issued, after verifying the document like the original of Exhibit P2. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE dsn