THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.1301 of 2010 DATE:28.01.2010 Between: Eddu Simon Karunakar .... Petitioner and The Regional Passport Officer, Passport Office, Hyderabad. .... Respondent THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.1301 of 2010 ORDER: According to the petitioner, he has applied for passport to the respondent by furnishing all the relevant certificates and the respondent issued passport bearing No.A-4293121 on 18.11.1997. Subsequently, on coming to know that his date of birth was wrongly mentioned as 25.07.1975 instead of 25.07.1979 in the passport, he approached the respondent and submitted an application on 10.12.2009 seeking correction of his date of birth in the passport. Despite the said application, no action has been taken by the respondent so far. Being aggrieved by the inaction of the respondent, he filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard both the counsel. 3. The Government of India has issued instructions vide Circular dated 18.04.2001 indicating the procedure to be followed whenever applications are made for correction of entries in passports. When once the petitioner submitted an application dated 10.12.2009 to the respondent seeking correction of his date of birth as 25.07.1979, the respondent is bound to consider his application and pass necessary orders, in the light of the Circular dated 18.04.2001. Instead of doing so, he kept the application of the petitioner pending. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to consider the application of the petitioner dated 10.12.2009 keeping in view the Circular dated 18.04.2001. This exercise shall be completed completed within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 28th January, 2010 Note: Furnish C.C. by two days. (b/o) cbs THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.1301 of 2010 (Disposed of) 28th January, 2010 Note: Furnish C.C. by two days. (b/o) cbs