IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18896 OF 2010 DATED:4.8.2010 Between: Mohammed Waseem. .....PETITIONER AND The Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad .....RESPONDENT This Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18896 OF 2010 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that the Regional Passport Officer is not issuing him a new passport with the correct place of his birth and correct name of his mother. It is his case that his place of birth is wrongly entered as Hyderabad instead of Mumbai and the name of his mother is also wrongly entered as Shaheen Begum instead of Noorunnisa Begum in the old passport. The matter is squarely covered by the judgments of this Court in MOHD. NASRULLAH KHAN VS. REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD ([1]) and DURGEMPUDI VENKATA RAGHAVA VS. PASSPORT OFFICER, HYDERABAD ([2]). In terms of the same, the writ petition is disposed of directing the Regional Passport officer, Secunderabad to follow the Circular instructions dated 18.4.2001 issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. As the petitioner is seeking correction of his place of birth and the name of his mother, the matter would fall within Clause (a) of the said Circular and there is no necessity for him to obtain a declaratory order. The petitioner shall produce his school record or any other recognized record in proof of his place of birth and the name of his mother and the authority shall accept the same and pass necessary orders for issuance of a fresh passport with the correct place of birth of the petitioner and also correct name of his mother. Needless to state, in the event Clause (c) of the Circular Instructions dated 18.4.2001 has application, it would be necessary for the petitioner to produce a declaratory order. No order as to the costs. _________________ Justice Sanjay Kumar Note: C.C. in one Week (BO) gurc Date:4th August, 2010. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO:18896 OF 2010 4th August, 2010g [1] 2005 (1) ALD 419 [2] 2005 (1) ALD 710