IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 1898 of 2010 Between: Gurrapudi Surya Teja Aditya Kumar ..... PETITIONER AND The Union of India, Ministry of External Affairs, rep. by the Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.No.1898 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner states that he was born on 05-08-1989, but however, when he applied for passport, the passport was given in his favour, but his date of birth was wrongly shown as 05-11-1988. In that connection, the petitioner approached the respondent-authorities, and tried to give an application stating that the date of birth in the passport requires correction. However, the respondent-authorities refused to receive the application. Hence, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A. Samir Kumar Reddy, learned standing counsel for the Central Government, appearing for the respondent and perused the record. 3. This Court, without expressing any view as to when the petitioner was born, directs the respondent-Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad, to receive the application of the petitioner, hold the enquiry and pass appropriate orders thereon. It is needless to observe that the petitioner shall pay the requisite fee and produce all the relevant documents to substantiate his contention that his date of birth is 05-08- 1989 but not 05-11-1988. This exercise shall be done within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. 4. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ 3rd February 2010 Note: Issue C.C. tomorrow. B/o. KVR