IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHT DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.16750 of 2009 Between: Boppa Prameela Rani ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Parklane, Secunderabad. .....RESPONDENT ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for both the parties. This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondent, namely, the Regional Passport Officer, Parklane, Secunderabad, in not correcting the date of birth of the petitioner as 04.06.1992 in the passport bearing No.G3644244 instead of 04.11.1992, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner states that she obtained passport in the year 2007 bearing No.G 3644244 valid from 08.06.2007 to 07.06.2012, in which her date of birth by mistake was wrongly mentioned as 04.06.1992 instead of 04.11.1992. She further states that as per Secondary School Certificate and TC issued by the Intermediate College, her date of birth is 04.06.1992 but not 04.11.1992. She therefore states that she approached the respondent seeking correction of her date of birth in the passport, in vain. Hence, the present writ petition seeking appropriate directions in this regard. As held by this Court in Mohammad Dilawar Shariff v Union of India, rep.by its Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and another[1], correction of date of birth in the passport once issued is not permissible. However, it is to be noted that subsequently, the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs, had issued a circular dated 18.04.2001, under which, it is now permissible for the Regional Passport Officer to effect the corrections under certain circumstances specified under the circular. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to make an appropriate application together with the material to substantiate her correct date of birth, within two weeks from today, in which event, the respondent shall consider the same in terms of the circular, dated 18.04.2001, and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks thereafter. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:08.10.2009 VGB [1] 1994(3) ALT 225