THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27805 of 2009 Date:21.12.2009 Between: Purnabalaji Rao Amballa. ..Petitioner and The Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27805 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner was issued a passport bearing No.A 3033340 dated 27.03.1998. Inadvertently, his name and date of birth were mentioned as Amballa Poorna Balaji Rao and 23.09.1975 respectively. The petitioner states that his actual name and date of birth are Purnabalaji Rao Amballa and 18.06.1982 respectively. The petitioner states that he submitted an application to the respondent for correction of his name and date of birth in the passport. He complains that the respondent refused to take any action and insisted him to get appropriate orders from the competent Court. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the Central Government appearing for the respondent. The Government of India issued instructions/clarifications, vide Circular dated 18.04.2001 indicating the procedure to be followed whenever applications are made for correction of the entries in the passports. The question as to whether the request made by the petitioner accords with the said guidelines needs to be examined by the respondent. The application cannot be kept pending indefinitely. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to examine the application to be submitted by the petitioner for correction of his name and date of birth in the passport with reference to the guidelines contained in Circular dated 18.04.2001. This exercise shall be completed within a period of two months from the date of submission of the application. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 21st December, 2009 GHN