IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 25234 of 2008 Between: Master Abdul Rehman, S/o. Md. Iftekaruddin, Rep. by his Natural Guardian & Father Md. Iftekaruddin, S/o. Md. Shahbuddin, Aged about 46 Years, Occ: Business, R/o. H.No. 12-2-116, Murad Nagar, Hyderabad-28. ..... PETITIONER AND The Passport Officer, O/o. The Regional Passport Office, Near Clock Towers, Secunderabad. .....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 pass an order or Writ particularly writ in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondent oﬃcials in refusing to receiving the application of the petitioner dt. 30-10-2008 ﬁeld for rectiﬁcation of the wrong date of birth of minor son of the petitioner Abdul Rehman, dt. 13-11-1994 to that of his correct date of birth as 13-11-1995 as per his date of Birth Certiﬁcate issued by the Little Flower High School, Hyderabad and to change his residential address from 12-2-709/C/28, Ayodhya Nagar Colony, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad as in the existing passport Bearing No. A 26222041, dt. 17-1-1997 to that of his present address as R/o. H.No. 12-2-116, Murad Nagar, Hyderabad-28 and for issuance of the Fresh Passport by receiving back the existing Passport Bearing No. A 2622041, dt. 17-1-1997 issued by the respondent as arbitrary, illegal and high handed on the part of the respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.BAJRANG SINGH THAKUR Counsel for the Respondent No.: . O R D E R:- This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in refusing to receive the petitioner’s application dated 30.10.2008 for correction of his date of birth as 13.11.1995 instead of 13.11.1994, which is a wrong entry made in the existing Passport; change of his residential address and for issuance of a Fresh Passport, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner asserts that he was born on 13.11.1995. In the year 1997, the petitioner obtained a Passport in his name valid up to 16.1.2007 wherein his date of birth was wrongly entered as 13.11.1994. Then, the petitioner made an application, dated 30.10.2008 to the respondent for correction of his date of birth as 13.11.1995 in the existing Passport as per the School Record and for issuance of a fresh Passport. Now, the petitioner’s grievance is that though he produced Date of Birth Certiﬁcate issued by the Little Flower High School, Hyderabad evidencing his Date of Birth as 13.11.1995 as per the School Record, the respondent has refused to receive his application for rectification of his date of birth. Having considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the material placed on record, this Court is inclined to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “The petitioner is directed to submit a detailed representation annexing supporting documents to the respondent-Passport Oﬃcer, within a period of ten days from today, and on such representation being made, the respondent shall consider and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, within a period of 15 days”. In terms of the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________ 19.11.2008 Note: Furnish copy in three days B/o bcj