Telangana High Court
WP/33570/2010 of Mirza Firdous Ali Baig Vs The Regional Passport Officer on 31 December 2010
SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.33570 OF 2010 BETWEEN: Mirza Firdous Ali Baig PETITIONER And The Regional Passport Office, Near Clock Tower, Secunderabad, rep. by its Passport Officer. RESPONDENT Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Kasu Amarendar Raju Counsel for the respondent:
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI
WRIT PETITION No.33570 OF 2010
BETWEEN:
Mirza Firdous Ali Baig
PETITIONER
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The Regional Passport Office, Near Clock Tower, Secunderabad, rep. by its Passport Officer.
RESPONDENT
Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Kasu Amarendar Raju Counsel for the respondent:
The Court made the following order:
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ORDER:
In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks the relief relating tocorrection of his date of birth in the passport bearing No.B-1007364issued on 10.11.1999. He states that his actual date of birth is10.05.1980 whereas in the passport it was recorded as 15.02.1974.The petitioner states that he approached the office of the respondenton 15.02.2009 and submitted application duly enclosing a copy ofSSC certificate. As the respondent was not inclined to receive theapplication, he filed this writ petition seeking appropriate orders withregard to correction of his date of birth.
From the pleadings and the material placed in the writ petition, itdoes not appear that the petitioner has filed application in theprescribed form and in the manner provided under Rule 5 of thePassport Rules, 1980. At any rate, whenever applications are filed forcorrection of entries, which constitute miscellaneous service, therespondent is under an obligation to receive the said applications andpass appropriate orders.
In the circumstances, the petitioner is permitted to file anapplication for necessary corrections in the form and the mannerprescribed under the Rules. On such filing of application, therespondent shall receive the same and pass appropriate orders inaccordance with law and the guidelines governing the field. Thisexercise shall be completed as early as possible preferably within aperiod of four weeks from the date of receipt of application.
The writ petition is disposed of as above. There shall be no orderas to costs.
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NOUSHAD ALI, J.
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