IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 11TH JULY 2008 / 20TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 19768 of 2008(C) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER : ------------------ REENA VADAKKACHALIL (MINOR), AGED 15 YEARS, REPRESENTED BY HER FATHER VADAKKACHALIL GOPALAN, S/O.KANARAN.V.C., VADAKKACHALIL HOUSE, KURUNTHODI, MUTHUVANA P.O., VIA.PAYYOLI, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.B.KRISHNAN RESPONDENTS : ---------------------- 1. INDIAN CITIZENSHIP CELL REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVT., MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, 26, JAISALMAN HOUSE, MANSINGH ROAD, NEW DELHI. 2. JOINT SECRETARY (COUNSULAR PASSPORT VIA) AND CHIEF PASSPORT OFFICER, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI. 3. THE DIRECTOR, PASSPORT AND VISA DIVISION, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI. 4. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, NEW DELHI. BY ADV. SRI.P.J.PHILIP, C.G.C - R1-3 SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR - ASST. SOL. ADV. SRI.DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J ============== W.P.(C).No. 19768 OF 2008 ==================== Dated this the 11th day of July, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the daughter of an Indian citizen who married a Sri Lankan lady. The petitioner applied for Indian Passport. The application was submitted at Indian Embassy at Bahrain on 11.1.2007. The petitioner's grievance in this writ petition is that her application for passport is not being processed by the Embassy or the authorities in India. According to the petitioner, petitioner aspires for admission to CBSE School, where the authorities are insisting of production of a passport. The petitioner is bound to produce the passport on or before 15.7.2008. The petitioner therefore seeks the following reliefs: i) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction directing the respondents 1 to 3 to consider and pass orders on application for passport submitted by the petitioner within a specified time period. ii) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction directing the 4th respondent to provisionally exempt the petitioner from production of the passport till a final decision is taken on the application submitted by the petitioner for issuing passport. iii) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction directing the respondents 2 and 3 to issue passport within a specified time period. W.P.(C).No. 19768 OF 2008 2 2. The learned Central Government counsel has today produced before me, an order from the Ministry of Home Affairs bearing No.26012/69/2007-IC.II dated 9.7.2008, which reads thus: “Approval of the Central Government is hereby conveyed for the registration of the aforesaid four children, as a citizen of India by descent, under Section 4(1) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 provided they are not holding any other country's nationality.” One of the children mentioned therein is the petitioner. The Central Government counsel further submits that the passport also would be issued to the petitioner within about a week. This is recorded and the writ petition is closed. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE bkn/-