IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 9933 of 2008 Between: Mohameed Imran S/o.Abdul Waheed Residing at H.No.30-140/1A, Chittari St Kurnool ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Pass Port Officer, Station Road 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 an appropriate writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent authority rejecting Form 2 filed for issue of renewed passport by order dated 29.4.2008 directing to obtain court order for the correction of date of birth in the passport from 25.4.1980 to 25.4.1983 as illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to the judgment rendered by this Hon`ble court reported in 2005(1) ALT page 751 2005(1) ALT page 95, 2007(6) ALD page 568 and 2008(1) ALT, page 19 decided by his Lordship Mr.Justice P.S.Narayana and pass such other orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MRSYED SHAREEF AHMED Counsel for the Respondent No.: . - The Court at the stage of admission 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 25-04-1983 instead of 25-04- 1980 in the passport bearing No. A 3793811. Heard Sri Syed Sharif Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner. In support of his claim, the petitioner had, in fact, enclosed a copy of the certificate issued by the Kurnool Municipal Corporation, Municipal Administration Department, Andhra Pradesh, wherein the date of birth of the petitioner has been recorded as 25-04-1983 It appears as though that by sheer inadvertence, the entry relating to his date of birth in his passport bearing No. A 3793811 has been recorded as 25-04-1980 instead of 25-04-1983. 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 respondent to receive the application of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of entries of the date of birth of the petitioner from 25-04-1980 to 25-04-1983 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 1st May, 2008 pnb ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Regional Passport Officer, Station Road, Secunderabad. 2. 2CD copies