THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2581 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner was issued passport in the year 2004. The date of birth was mentioned as 25.09.1999. According to the petitioner, his actual date of birth is 25.07.1999 as per the date of birth certificate issued by the Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad and inadvertently it was mentioned as 25.09.1999 in the passport. He made an application to the respondent with a request to correct the date of birth in the passport but the respondent refused to receive the same. This writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondent to receive the application of the petitioner and pass orders on the same. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondent. The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India issued circulars from time to time in relation to correction of date of birth or other corrections in the passports. The circular dated 29.10.2007 covers the controversy in this writ petition. According to Clause ( c) of the circular, the correction as to the date of birth can be entertained in case it is not more than two years and that the request can be acceded to if satisfactory explanation with reference to documents is provided. It is needless to mention that the S.C.C. certificate happens to be a basic document in relation to the date of birth. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to receive the application of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders as provided for under circular dated 29.10.2007 within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of such application. L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt. 08.02.2011 lvl THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.No.2581 of 2011 Dt. 08.02.2011