IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No 12567 of 2002 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? -------------------------------------------------------------- JITENDRA B PATEL Versus REGIONAL PASSPORT AUTHORITY -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: 1. Special Civil Application No. 12567 of 2002 MR AM PAREKH for Petitioner No. 1 MR DN PATEL for Respondent No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR.JUSTICE KUNDAN SINGH Date of decision: 13/01/2003 ORAL JUDGEMENT 1. This petition is filed for a direction to the concerned authority of the respondent to rectify the date of birth of the petitioner's son it as has been mentioned in the passport due to bonafide mistake. 2. The actual birth date of the petitioner's son is 19-09-1995 though due to inadvertence his wrong birth date is mentioned as 19-05-1995 in the passport. 3. The petitioner applied for correcting the birth date of his son in the passport vide letter dated 18-9-2001. But the respondent authority has not decided the said application till the date. 4. In the facts and circumstances of this case, this application is allowed and the respondent authority is directed to pass appropriate order on the application dated 18-9-2001 filed by the petitioner in accordance with law within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The respondent authority would be at liberty to pass appropriate order with regard to the costs of the proceedings. Rule is made absolute, to the aforesaid extent. (Kundan Singh, J.) /JVSatwara/