THE HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.21145 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner was issued passport bearing No.J 2829390 on 07.01.2011 valid upto 06.01.2021. The petitioner states that her correct date of birth is 30.03.1990, however, it was wrongly entered in the passport as 01.03.1990. Having noticed the same, the petitioner submitted an application dated 15.06.2011 to the respondent requesting to correct her date of birth as 30.03.1990 instead of 01.03.1990. Alleging that the respondent failed to accept the said application, the present writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondent in not issuing a fresh passport with correct date of birth is arbitrary and illegal. Heard the learned counsel for both the parties. As could be seen, the specific case of the petitioner is that her date of birth has been recorded in all her educational certificates as 30.03.1990, however the same was wrongly entered in the passport as 01.03.1990. The Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs issued a Circular dated 29.10.2007 prescribing the procedure to be followed by the Passport Issuing Authority in the cases relating to change of date of birth/place of birth in the passports. As per the said Circular, a declaratory order from the competent civil Court cannot be insisted as a matter of course in all cases. Therefore, the respondent is bound to receive the application of the petitioner and consider the same in accordance with the Circular dated 29.10.2007. After such consideration, if the Passport Issuing Authority is satisfied that the material produced is sufficient to rectify/correct the date of birth in terms of the Circular dated 29.10.2007, he may rectify/correct the date of birth in the passport or if the petitioner’s claim is not accepted, the reasons should be communicated to the petitioner. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to receive the application of the petitioner and consider the same in terms of the Government of India’s Circular dated 29.10.2007 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of this order. No costs. _____________ (G. ROHINI, J) 27th July, 2011 GHN