IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 7225 of 2008 Between: Mrs.Safoora Farheen D/o.Mohd.Mahboob Ali R/o.H.No.2-5-712,Opp:DIG office Subedari,Hanamkonda, Warangal District ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport office, rep.by the Passport officer, Near Clock Tower, 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 issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the inaction of the Respondent in receiving petitioner application to consider the same for issuance of fresh passport with her correct date of birth as illegal, improper arbitrary, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondent to receive petitioner application and consider the same for issuing the fresh passport with correct date of birth as 19.6.1979 as per the Secondary School Certificate. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri T.Damodar Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following O R D E R: This writ petition has been instituted seeking directions to the respondent – Regional Passport Authority to correct the entry relating to the date of birth of the petitioner as 19-06-1979 instead of 19-06- 1975 in the passport bearing No.A-4287993. Heard Sri A. Damodar, learned counsel for the petitioner. In support of his claim, the petitioner had, in fact, enclosed a copy of the certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh, wherein the date of birth of the petitioner has been recorded as 19-06-1979. It appears as though that by sheer inadvertence, the entry relating to her date of birth in her passport bearing No. A-4287993, has been recorded as 19-06-1975 instead of 19- 06-1979. Such corrections being insignificant and inconsequential, they are required to be carried out upon being satisfied about the genuineness of the claim in that regard. In fact, this very question has been considered in great detail in WP No. 19376 of 2007. By the judgment rendered on 21.9.2007, this Court directed the respondents to receive the application of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of the entries of the date of birth of the petitioner. In the facts and circumstances stated above, I direct the respondents to receive the application of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of entries of the date of birth of the petitioner from 19-06-1975 to 19-06-1979 and issue the revised or corrected passport within a further period of 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of at the stage of admission, but however, without costs. ---------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 3rd April 2008 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}