hvn IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1441 OF 2011 Mohammed Shahinshah Bahadur ... Petitioner Versus The Union of India ... Respondent Mr. K.M. Jena for the petitioner. Mr. R.V. Govilkar for respondent. CORAM : P.B. MAJMUDAR & MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR,JJ. DATED : DECEMBER 02, , 2011 P.C. The petition is filed praying for change of his birth date as well as change of birth place from Nagpur to Mumbai in his passport. In our view, such prayers cannot be entertained by this court in exercise of its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution and the property remedy available to the petitioner would be to file a suit for declaration before the competent court. In case the declaration is given by the Competent Court to that effect, on the basis of said declaration, the petitioner may apply to the passport office thereafter for necessary corrections. With the above observations, petition is disposed of. (MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR,J.) (P.B. MAJMUDAR,J)