IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 10176 of 2008 Between: Shaik Azeem S/o Shaik Abdul Rahman R/o D. No. 8-1-523, Flat No: 303 Brindavan Colony, Tolichowki Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Regional Passport Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India,Kummarguda, Adjacent to Prasanth Theatre, Secunderbad. 2 The Government India, Rep. by its Under Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs. New Delhi. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting for court orders for the correction of date of birth of the petitioner in his passport as bad, arbitrary and discriminatory and consequently direct the respondents to correct the date of birth of the petitioner as 17-11-1978 in his passport bearing No. A3777409 as per secondary school Education Certificate and issue the renewed and corrected passport to the petitioner, and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.DAMODAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted seeking directions to the respondent – Regional Passport Authority to correct the entry relating to the date of birth of the petitioner as 17-11-1978 instead of 17.11.1974 in the passport bearing No.A-3777409. Heard Sri C.Damodar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner. In support of his claim, the petitioner had, in fact, enclosed a copy of the certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh, wherein the date of birth of the petitioner has been recorded as 17-11- 1978. It appears as though that by sheer inadvertence, the entry relating to his date of birth in his passport bearing No. A-3777409 has been recorded as 17-11- 1974 instead of 17-11-1978. Such corrections being insignificant and inconsequential, they are required to be carried out upon being satisfied about the genuineness of the claim in that regard. In fact, this very question has been considered in great detail in WP No. 19376 of 2007. By the judgment rendered on 21.9.2007, this Court directed the respondents to receive the application of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of the entries of the date of birth of the petitioner. In the facts and circumstances stated above, I direct the respondents to receive the application of the petitioner for making the necessary correction of entries of the date of birth of the petitioner from 17-11-1974 to 17-11-1978 and issue the revised or corrected passport within a further period of 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of at the stage of admission, but however, without costs. _______________________ Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J. May 2, 2008 MAS