IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH AUGUST 2010 / 27TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 26148 of 2010(P) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- JENSEN GEORGE, AGED 26 YEARS, RESIDING AT RATHAPPILLILKANDATHIL HOUSE, KARIMANOOR P.O., THODUPUZHA VILLAGE, IDUKKI DIST., BY ADV. SRI.BIJUMON JACOB. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, PATIALA HOUSE ANNEX, TILAK MARG, NEW DELHI -1. 2. THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, KOCHI – 16. R1 & R2 BY SRI. T.P.M. IBRAHIM KHAN, A.S.G.I. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/08/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No. 26148 of 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 18th day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the holder of Indian Passport No. G 6706499. The date of birth of the petitioner is entered therein as 30.05.1984. According to the petitioner, the actual date of birth of the petitioner is 12.06.1984. Therefore the petitioner took up the matter before the Joint Commissioner of Government Examinations and got his SSLC book corrected accordingly. Petitioner thereafter filed Ext.P5 application before the 2nd respondent for correction of date of birth in the passport. Petitioner seeks a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 as expeditiously as possible. I have heard the learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for the respondents also. Having heard both sides, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 as W.P.(C)No. 26148 of 2010 -2- expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. It would be open to the petitioner to rely on Exts.P2 & P4 which shall also be considered by the 2nd respondent. S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE shg/