IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 6666 of 2008 Between: Qamar Sultana D/o.late Mohammed Jamal Shareef R/o.H.No.117, C-Class, CIB Quarters, Kachiguda, Hyderabad - 500 027. ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad, having office at Secunderabad. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the Passport with correct date of birth as 2.4.1948 as per the Certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Hyderabad to the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and violation of princi0ples of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent to issue Passport with correct date of birth as 2.4.1948 to the petitioner, and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.MOHD.MOIN AHMED QUADRI Counsel for the Respondent : Sri A.Raja Shekar Reddy. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.6666 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted seeking directions to the respondent – Regional Passport Authority to correct the entry relating to the date of birth of the petitioner as 02-04-1948 instead of 02-04- 1954 in the passport bearing No.M-333114. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A.Rajasekhar Reddy, learned Senior Standing Counsel for the sole respondent. In support of her claim, the petitioner had, in fact, enclosed a copy of the certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh, wherein the date of birth of the petitioner has been recorded as 02-04-1948. It appears as though that by sheer inadvertence the entry relating to her date of birth in her passport bearing No. M-333114, has been recorded as 02-04-1954 instead of 02-04-1948. Such corrections being insignificant and inconsequential, they are required to be carried out upon being satisfied about the genuineness of the claim in that regard. In fact, this very question has been considered in great detail in WP NO. 19376 of 2007. By the judgment rendered on 21.9.2007, this Court directed the respondents to receive the application of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of the entries of the date of birth of the petitioner. In the facts and circumstances stated above, I direct the respondents to receive the applicat ion of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of entries of the date of birth of the petitioner from 02-04-1954 to 02-04-1948 and issue the revised or corrected passport within a further period of 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of at the stage of admission. -------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 28th March 2008 Stp ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KURR}