Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Writ Petition No.25200 of 2025, decided 10.07.2025 by N. Anand Venkatesh J. Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by D. Mohan for a writ of mandamus directing the Corporation Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation and the City Health Officer (Zone-2) to consider his representation dated 12.06.2025 and correct his daughter's name in the birth certificate from 'Divya' to 'Reethika', invoking Section 16 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969; correction supported by Community Certificate, SSLC, HSC, Anna University Provisional Certificate and passport. Court issued a four-week compliance direction and disposed of the petition without costs. Keywords: birth certificate name rectification, mandamus, Greater Chennai Corporation, Registration of Births and Deaths Act Section 16.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the respondents (Corporation Commissioner and City Health Officer, Zone-2, Greater Chennai Corporation) to act upon the petitioner's representation dated 12.06.2025, carry out the correction of the daughter's name in the birth certificate and issue a fresh birth certificate within four weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; no costs awarded.