THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.29060 of 2014 Dated : 25.09.2014 Between:
Eliza Dhanani D/o.Saleem Dhanani, Aged about 20 yrs, Occu : Student, R/o.H.No.113, Dasnapur, Khoja Colony Road, Adilabad District.
.. Petitioner And The Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad, Adjacent to Prashanth Theater, Near Clock tower, Secunderabad.
.. Respondent This Court made the following :
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.29060 of 2014 ORDER :
This writ petition is filed for correction of date of birth and name of the petitioner in the passport. An application was submitted by the petitioner which was acknowledged by the Regional Passport Office on 24.07.2014. The grievance of the petitioner in instituting this writ petition is so far no orders are passed carrying out the said corrections in the passport.
2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that at the time passport was obtained in the year 2009, the petitioner was a minor and therefore she was not aware as to how a declaration was to be made regarding her age. The petitioner passed her S.S.C., in the year 2010. The certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, discloses the date of birth of the petitioner as 01.10.1994, whereas in the passport it was recorded as 01.09.1995. The date of birth issued by the competent authority also discloses the correct date of birth as 01.10.1994. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner’s name is Eliza Dhanani, whereas in the passport it was recorded as Eliza. The delay on the part of the respondent in not acting upon the representation of the petitioner is erroneous. He also placed reliance on two decisions of this Court in W.P.No.451 of 2004 and W.P.No.22950 of 2010 concerning the same issue.
3. Having regard to the said submissions, without expressing any opinion on merits the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent Passport authority to consider the request of the petitioner for correction of the entry of date of birth as well as name by duly taking note of the certificates now submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders as warranted by law, and communicate the decision within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs.
4. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition, shall stand closed.
P.NAVEEN RAO,J 25th September, 2014 Rds