-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORIDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 743 OF 2011 Usman S. Haroon. ..Petitioner. Versus The Union of India & Anr. & Others. ..Respondents. Mr. J. G. Shukla i/b M/s. G.H. Shukla and Co., for the petitioner. Mr. Vinod Joshi for R-1. Ms. Mugdha Jadhav, AGP for R-2. Coram : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & RANJIT MORE, JJ. Date : June 14, 2011. P. C. : 1. The petitioner is seeking direction to respondent no.1, i.e., Union of India through the Ministry of External Affairs, Regional Passport Office, Mumbai that the mistake committed by the petitioner in mentioning his birth date be corrected and new passport with correct birth date be issued. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the Passport Authority is not even accepting his application. 2. Under section 10 of the Passports Act, 1967 the variation, impounding and revocation of passports and travel documents srp -: 2 :- can be done by the Passport authority. This view is taken by this Court in Jigar Harish Shah v/s. Unionof India and Anr. [2001 All MR (Crim) 54] after considering provisions of Section 21 of the General Clauses Act. In view of this, learned counsel for the petitioner states that he will make an application to the Passport Authority. If such an application is made, we direct the Passport Authority to consider it in accordance with law and pass the appropriate orders thereon expeditiously after conducting the necessary enquiry. Counsel for the petitioner states that an application will be made within the period of three weeks from today. Upon receipt of application from the petitioner, the Passport Authority shall pass appropriate order thereon independently and in accordance with law within the period of three months from the date of receipt of the application. We make it clear that we have expressed no opinion on the merits of the case. 3. Petition is disposed of in aforesaid terms. (Smt. Ranjana Desai,J.) (Ranjit More, J.) -: 3 :-