IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18710 OF 2010 DATED:3.8.2010 Between: Syed Khaja Pasha. .....PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad .....RESPONDENT This Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18710 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner seeks rectification of the entry of his date of birth in the passport. According to him, his date of birth is 15.2.1975 which is erroneously entered as 4.8.1970 in the existing passport. He seeks a direction to the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderbad to receive his application and issue a fresh passport with the correct date of birth. The matter is squarely covered by the judgments of this Court in MOHD. NASRULLAH KHAN VS. REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD ([1]) and DURGEMPUDI VENKATA RAGHAVA VS. PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD ([2]). The writ petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of the aforestated judgments and the Circular instructions of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, contained in Circular dated 18.4.2001. In terms of the aforestated circular, the Regional Passport Officer shall consider the case of the petitioner under Clause (a) thereof. As per Clause (a) there is no necessity for the petitioner to produce a declaratory order and the production of the school certificate would be sufficient proof of his date of birth. It is only in cases falling within (c) of the aforestated circular, wherein there are contradictions with regard to the date of birth in records issued by two competent authorities, the passport authority would be entitled to insist upon a declaratory order before effecting correction of date of birth. The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad shall take necessary steps in the matter in the light of the aforestated circular guidelines and pass necessary orders expeditiously. No order as to costs. _________________ Justice Sanjay Kumar Date:3.8.2010. Nn THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18710 OF 2010 3rd August, 2010 [1] 2005 (1) ALD 419 [2] 2005 (1) ALD 710