THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17780 OF 2010 DATED 26th JULY, 2010 BETWEEN: Syed Jabeen Fatima … Petitioner A n d The Regional Passport Officer, Having Office at Clock Towers, Near Prashant Talkies, Secuderabad. …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17780 OF 2010 O R D E R The petitioner seeks change of her place of birth in the passport. It is her case that her place of birth is wrongly shown as Khammam instead of Hyderabad. However, the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad, did not take action upon her application in this regard. Hence, this writ petition. The matter is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in MOHD.NASRULLAH KHAN V/s. REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD[1] . Following the same, the Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad, is directed to consider the application of the petitioner for change of her place of birth in the passport under para (a) of the Circular instructions dated 18.04.2001 issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. As per the said guidelines, no declaratory order is required for carrying out correction of place of birth once the applicant produces sufficient proof in the form of her Secondary School Certificate. However, in the event the petitioner’s case falls under clause (c) of the said Circular owing to the contradiction between records issued by two competent authorities, the petitioner would be required to obtain a declaratory order. With the above directions the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 26th JULY, 2010 PGS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17780 OF 2010 26th JULY, 2010A [1] 2005(1) ALD 419