THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.22810 OF 2010 DATED 7TH DECEMBER, 2011 BETWEEN Gujja Rajeshwari …Petitioner And The Passport Officer, Regional Office, Secunderabad. …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.22810 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner seeks rectiﬁcation and correction of her date of birth recorded in her passport. The modiﬁcation sought is to substitute the existing entry of ‘28.06.1968’ with her alleged correct date of birth – 28.06.1963. The petitioner did not undergo any schooling and is therefore not in a position to produce any record in support of her alleged correct date of birth. In the light of the Circular No.VI/401/2/5/2001 dated 29.10.2007 issued by the Ministry of External Aﬀairs, Government of India, and more particularly clause (c) thereof, any person seeking correction of a date of birth in his/her passport in excess of two years would have to produce a Court order in support thereof. The petitioner, who is seeking a change of her recorded date of birth by ﬁve years, would therefore have to abide by the above circular and produce a Court decree before she can seek correction of her date of birth in the passport. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to avail suitable remedies in accordance with law in this regard. WPMP No.29112 of 2010 is consequently closed. In the circumstances, no order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 7TH DECEMBER, 2011. VGSR/PGS