IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18408 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 11, 2010. Amarjeet Singh .....Petitioner versus Union of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Peeush Gegneja, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Ranjana Shahi, Senior Standing Counsel for UOI. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Ms.Ranjana Shahi, Senior Standing Counsel for UOI accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the the Regional Passport Officer, Amritsar, to correct his birth place in the passport bearing No.J 3660927. It is averred that the petitioner was born and brought up in village Piplanwala, Tehsil and District Hoshiarpur. However, he passed his matriculation examination from the School at village Kohlian, District C.W.P.No .18408 of 2010 2 Gurdaspur. In the passport issued to the petitioner, his place of birth has been mentioned as village Kohlian, District Gurdaspur instead of village Piplanwala, Tehsil and District Hoshiarpur. The petitioner has sought correction in his birth place vide representation-cum-application dated 4.10.2010 (Annexure P-5) but the same has not been entertained allegedly by respondent No.3 for extraneous reasons. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the petitioner's above mentioned request forthwith and do the needful as per the prescribed procedure, within a period of one week from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. Let a copy of this order, duly attested by the Court Secretary, be handed over to Ms.Ranjana Shahi, Advocate, for information and necessary compliance. October 11, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE