IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 1906 of 2009 Between: Aziz ur Rahaman S/o.Shaik Habib Ur Rahaman R/o.H.No.16-11-16/G/J/128, G-1 Lake view Residency, Afzal Nagar, Salemnagar colony, Malakpet, Hyderabad-36 ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue order or orders or direction or writ more particulalry one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondnts in not accepting th application of the petitioner to correct the date of birth as 1.6.1977 in the place of 1.11.1974 as per SSC certificate and for renewal of the passport as illgal, and arbitrary, and consquently direct the rspondent to receive the petitioner representation fo renewal of the passport bearing No.EE2202618 and correct the date of birth bsing on the SSC certificate and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.L.ALI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.PENJURIVENUGOPAL The Court made the following : O R D E R:- The petitioner’s case is that his date of birth as per his SSC certificate is 01.06.1977, but in his Passport, which was expired by 23.1.2007, it is wrongly mentioned as 01.11.1974. Then, the petitioner submitted a representation dated 27.1.2009 to the respondent- Regional Passport Officer along with relevant documents showing proof of his date of birth, for renewal of his Passport and also correction of his date of birth, but his grievance is that the respondent has not considered his representation and stated that unless and until the petitioner obtained appropriate directions from this Court, his date of birth cannot be corrected by the respondent. Hence, this writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for Passport Office. The learned Standing Counsel has submitted that the petitioner made a representation and the same is pending consideration before the respondent, and the respondent is going to consider the petitioner’s request for correction of date of birth and renewal of his Passport. The petitioner, admittedly, made a representation to the respondent only on 27.01.2009, and it is too premature to say that the respondent has not considered his representation. The petitioner, without even giving sometime to the respondent to consider and dispose of his representation, has filed the present writ petition. Inasmuch as the petitioner’s representation dated 27.1.2009 is pending consideration before the respondent and in view of the submission made by the learned Standing Counsel that the respondent is going to consider the petitioner’s representation, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “The respondent is directed to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 27.1.2009 for renewal of his passport and correction of his date of birth as 01.06.1977 taking into consideration the relevant documents submitted by him, and pass appropriate orders thereon expeditiously.” Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 6th February, 2009 Note: Furnish copy by two days B/o bcj