IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No: 20581 of 2008 BETWEEN: Smt.Alaparthi Koteswari, W/o. Alaparthi Laxmi Venkateseara Prasad Babu, Presently residing at 270 BALDWIN RD APT H15, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054 USA Rep. by by her Special Power of Attorney Holder Sri Peram Venkateswara Rao,S/o.Peram Veeraiah R/o.H.No.5-94-7 6/13 Brodipet, Guntur District. ... PETITIONER AND The Passport Officer Office at 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 may be pleased to issue appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the representation dt 6-9-2008 for correcting the spelling mistake in the passport bearing No.A6218930 as Guntur instead of Guntur as arbitrary illegal and erroneous and in violation of the principles of natural justice and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. RAMA RAO GHANTA Counsel for the Respondent: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) MR. P. VENUGOPAL The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by Smt. Alaparthi Koteswari assailing the inaction of the respondent on her representation dated 06.09.2008 for correction with regard to the spelling mistake in her Passport bearing No.A-6218930 in respect of her place of birth. 2. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri P. Venugopal, learned Central Government Standing Counsel, received notice on behalf of the respondent. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the aﬃdavit ﬁled in support of this writ petition. 3. The petitioner claims to have ﬁled an application dated 06.09.2008 before the respondent for correction of spelling mistake with regard to her place of birth in the Passport bearing No.A- 6218930 and that her application remained unattended by the respondent. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to consider the representation dated 06.09.2008 submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ B. SESHASAYANA REDDY, J September 22, 2008 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order by 24.09.2008. (B/o) DSK