IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:16615 OF 2010 DATED:14.7.2010 Between: Syed Basheer. .....PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad. .....RESPONDENT This Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:16615 OF 2010 ORDER: The writ petitioner assails the action of the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad in not acting upon his application for issuance of a new passport with the correct date of birth. It is the case of the petitioner that his date of birth is 3.12.1974 which is wrongly shown as 12.5.1969 in his existing passport. The learned counsel for the petitioner stated that his case is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in MOHD. NASRULLAH KHAN V. REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERBAD ([1]). Copy of the judgment is placed before this Court. Following the Circular instructions dated 18.4.2001 issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, this Court directed the Passport Authorities to consider the application of the petitioner therein and pass appropriate orders. Circular Instructions dated 18.4.2001 to the extent relevant read as under: “Where an applicant is seeking rectification/correct of a mistake in the entry on date of birth/place of birth in the passport, PIA (Passport Issuing Authority) may after verifying/satisfying himself, affect the correction treating the same as a technical correction. There is no need for a declaratory order in such cases.” As the petitioner seeks correction of his date of birth in the passport and there is no need for a declaratory order as made clear by the Circular, the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad is directed to consider the petitioner’s application for correction of his date of birth basing upon the Secondary School Certificate produced by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders thereon. The writ petition is disposed of with the aforestated direction. No order as to costs. _________________ Justice Sanjay Kumar gurc Date:14.7.2010. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:16615 OF 2010 14th JULY, 2010 [1] 2005 (1) ALD 419