IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:17233 OF 2010 DATED:20.7.2010 Between: Kukkala Manisha. .....PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad .....RESPONDENT This Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:17233 OF 2010 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that the Regional Passport Officer is not issuing her a new passport with the correct date of birth. It is her case that her date of birth is 31.7.1991 which is erroneously entered in the old passport as 30.7.1990. The matter is squarely covered by the judgments of this Court in MOHD. NASRULLAH KHAN VS. REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD ([1]) and DURGEMPUDI VENKATA RAGHAVA VS. PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD ([2]). In terms of the same, the writ petition is disposed of directing the Regional Passport officer, Secunderabad to follow the Circular instructions dated 18.4.2001 issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. As the petitioner is seeking correction of her date of birth, the matter would fall within Clause (a) of the said Circular and there is no necessity for her to obtain a declaratory order. The petitioner shall produce her school record or any other recognized record in proof of her date of birth and the authority shall accept the same and pass necessary orders for issuance of a fresh passport with the correct date of birth. Needless to state, in the event Clause (c) of the Circular Instructions dated 18.4.2001 has application, it would be necessary for the petitioner to produce a declaratory order. No order as to the costs. _________________ Justice Sanjay Kumar gurc Date:20.7.2010. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:17233 OF 2010 20th JULY, 2010 [1] 2005 (1) ALD 419 [2] 2005 (1) ALD 710