Allahabad High Court
WRIC/38347/2026 of OM KUMAR AGRAHARI (MINOR) Vs UNION OF INDIA AND 2 OTHERS on 29 September 2026
JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 38347 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard Sri Sujit Kumar Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rajesh Tripathi, learned penal counsel for the respondent. 2. By means of this petition filed under
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 38347 of 2026
Court No. - 1
HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J.
HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J.
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1. Heard Sri Sujit Kumar Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rajesh Tripathi, learned penal counsel for the respondent.
2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondents authority to correct the date of birth of the petitioner as 07.09.2008 in place of 07.09.2009 in aadhar card bearing No.- 512894705924.
3. It is contended by Sri Rajesh Tripathi, learned panel counsel for the respondent that there is a standard operating procedure prescribed/ framed under the U.P. Janhit Guarantee Act, 2011 which prescribed for a party seeking such correction to approach the Sub Divisional Magistrate by moving application for necessary correction in the date of birth as Sub Divisional Magistrate is the prescribed authority in the matter.
4. In view of the above, we dispose of this petition with following directions:
(i) . Petitioner shall immediately apply before the designated authority i.e. Sub-Divisional Officer concerned with supportive documents and affidavit for the change in the date of birth in his Aadhar Card.
(ii) . Upon such application being moved, the designated Prescribed Authority under the notification of 2025 shall proceed to do verification and shall pass final order in the matter within next six weeks' time. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sujit Kumar Agarwal Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Rajesh Tripathi Om Kumar Agrahari (Minor) .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)
(iii) . In the event changed date of birth of the petitioner, as desired by the petitioner, stands verified by the designated Prescribed Authority, the petitioner will move before the Registrar General (Births and Deaths) within four weeks to get new date of birth registered by him.
(iv) . Upon such application being moved, the Registrar (Births and Deaths) would do the needful in the matter within four weeks and then send it to authority concerned for the correction in the Aadhar Card. Additionally, petitioner would also approach the competent authority for correction in the date of birth in the Aadhar Card and the authority concerned will do the needful within next six weeks' time. September 30, 2026 S.A. WRIC No. 38347 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- SALMAN AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad