IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 3588 of 2008 Between: Vulchi Hemanth, S/o.Vulchi Satyanarayana, R/o.H.No.18-3-57/B. Shanti Nagar, Khadi Colony, Tirupati. ..... PETITIONER AND Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad Office At R.P.Road, Sec'bad. .....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 order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent to rectify the mistake in the petitioner's passport bearing No.G-617257 on 15-12-1989 with regard to the date of birth shown as 02- 09-1986 instead of 06-06-1987 as per the Second School Certificate dt.30.04.2002 issued by Board of Secondary Education, A.P., and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.D.ISAAC Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.NO.3588 OF 2008 ORAL ORDER: 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 02-09-1986 instead of 06-06-1987 in the passport bearing No.G-617257. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A.Rajasekhar Reddy, learned Senior Standing Counsel for the sole respondent. In support of his claim, the petitioner had, in fact, enclosed a copy of the certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh, wherein the date of birth of the petitioner has been recorded as 06-06- 1987. It appears as though that by sheer inadvertence the entry relating to his date of birth in his passport bearing No. G-617257, has been recorded as 02-09-1986 instead of 06-06-1987. 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 respondents to receive the application of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of entries of the date of birth of the petitioner from 02-09-1986 to 06- 06-1987 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. -------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 27th March 2008 mrk ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS}