HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26614 of 2011 Date: 22.09.2011 Between: Zeeshan Ali Khan ..... Petitioner AND: The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad. .....Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Mohammed Abdul Hai Counsel for the Respondent: Ms G.Rukmini Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not issuing renewed passport by duly correcting the date of birth of the petitioner entered in passport bearing No.A-7176598 as 12.07.1989 instead of 13.07.1989 as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to the respondent to correct his date of birth as 12.07.1989 and issue the renewed passport. I have heard Sri Mohammed Abdul Hai, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms G.Rukmini, learned Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government representing the respondent. The petitioner pleaded that when he was minor, his father obtained passport for him on 09.02.1999; that in the said passport his date of birth was mentioned as 13.07.1989 instead of 12.07.1989. When the validity of his passport was expiring, the petitioner surrendered the same before the respondent on 16.06.2011 for the purpose of renewing by paying an amount of Rs.1,000/-. The petitioner further pleaded that when he approached the respondent, his office informed that since there is discrepancy in the date of birth, the petitioner shall obtain a decree from the civil Court. In support of the petitioner’s claim that his date of birth is 12.07.1989, he has filed Birth Certificate issued by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and also a copy of the Secondary School Certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh. In my opinion, as the claim of the petitioner is supported by the above mentioned two certificates, which authenticate his correct date of birth, there is no need for him to obtain a decree from the civil Court. In this view of the matter, the respondent is directed to issue a renewed passport, if the petitioner’s application is complying with all legal requirements, by mentioning his date of birth as 12.07.1989 instead of 13.07.1989 as entered in his expired passport within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.32846 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd September 2011 DR