THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19218 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner was issued a passport bearing No.A355024 in which his Name was mentioned as Mirza Mohammed Baig and date of birth as 28.12.1983 on the basis of the information furnished by the father of the petitioner. The petitioner states that his actual name is Mohadulla Baig Mirza and date of birth is 31.12.1984. His father inadvertently wrongly mentioned his name and date of birth in the application form and the same has been entered in the passport. The petitioner states that he submitted an application to the respondent for correction of his name and date of birth in the passport. He complains that no action has been taken so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the Central Government appearing for the respondent. The Government of India issued instructions/clarifications, vide Circular dated 18.04.2001 indicating the procedure to be followed whenever applications are made for correction of the entries in the passports. The question as to whether the request made by the petitioner accords with the said guidelines needs to be examined by the respondent. The application cannot be kept pending indefinitely. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to examine the application submitted by the petitioner for correction of his name and date of birth in the passport with reference to the guidelines contained in Circular dated 18.04.2001. This exercise shall be completed within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 17th February, 2010 Js.