The petitioner sought correction of his passport's date of birth. Relying on a prior judgment, the Court held that correction is not possible after many years as it affects identity abroad. The plea for correction was rejected and the writ petition dismissed.
Prayer for correction of date of birth in passport rejected; Writ petition dismissed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN
WEDNESDAY, THE 8TH DAY OF JULY 2015/17TH ASHADHA, 1937
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PETITIONER(S):
ABDUL HAMID REZA, S/O. ABDUL HAMEED, PERUNNA P.O., CHANGANACHERRY, REPRESENTED BY TALIB A.M., AGED 41 YEARS, SON OF A.I.MOHAMMED BASHEER, AZHEEKAL, JACOB VALLANATT ROAD, COCHIN - 682 018. (POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER).
BY ADV. SRI.A.A.MOHAMMED NAZIR.
RESPONDENT(S):
1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, PATIALA HOUSE, NEW DELHI - 110 00
2. THE PASSPORT OFFICER, REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, PANAMPILLY NAGAR, COCHIN - 682 036.
BY ADV. SRI.N.NAGARESH, ASSIST. S.G. OF INDIA.
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 08-07-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS:-
RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS:- NIL.
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P.A. TO JUDGE
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K. VINOD CHANDRAN, J.
W.P.(C) No. 15878 of 2015 (H)
Dated this the 8th day of July, 2015
J U D G M E N T
The petitioner seeks correction of his date of birth in the passport already issued to the petitioner.
passport more than 20 years back and was renewed more than once. The petitioner’s claim is that as per Ext.P4 SSLC, the petitioner’s date of birth is 15.06.1962. He seeks that the same may be corrected in the passport, which reveals the date of birth as 1.3.1957.
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Writ petition is dismissed. No costs.
Sd/-
K.VINOD CHANDRAN, JUDGE
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the date of birth in the petitioner's passport can be corrected after many years.
Whether SSLC conducted date of birth declaration can be relied upon to correct passport date of birth.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
W.P.(C) No. 9073/2015Referred¶3
1 provisions across 1 enactments
ABDUL HAMID REZA
UNION OF INDIA
THE PASSPORT OFFICER, REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, PANAMPILLY NAGAR, COCHIN
K VINOD CHANDRAN
As recorded by the court registry
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