THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.33570 OF 2010 BETWEEN: Mirza Firdous Ali Baig PETITIONER And The Regional Passport Office, Near Clock Tower, Secunderabad, rep. by its Passport Officer. RESPONDENT Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Kasu Amarendar Raju Counsel for the respondent: The Court made the following order: ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks the relief relating to correction of his date of birth in the passport bearing No.B-1007364 issued on 10.11.1999. He states that his actual date of birth is 10.05.1980 whereas in the passport it was recorded as 15.02.1974. The petitioner states that he approached the office of the respondent on 15.02.2009 and submitted application duly enclosing a copy of SSC certificate. As the respondent was not inclined to receive the application, he filed this writ petition seeking appropriate orders with regard to correction of his date of birth. From the pleadings and the material placed in the writ petition, it does not appear that the petitioner has filed application in the prescribed form and in the manner provided under Rule 5 of the Passport Rules, 1980. At any rate, whenever applications are filed for correction of entries, which constitute miscellaneous service, the respondent is under an obligation to receive the said applications and pass appropriate orders. In the circumstances, the petitioner is permitted to file an application for necessary corrections in the form and the manner prescribed under the Rules. On such filing of application, the respondent shall receive the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law and the guidelines governing the field. This exercise shall be completed as early as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of application. The writ petition is disposed of as above. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 31st December, 2010 Js.