Puja Priyadarsini Sahoo v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
WP(C) No. 5768 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 04.03.2025 by Justice Sashikanta Mishra. Petitioner Puja Priyadarsini Sahoo sought correction of her name (recorded as “Pooja” instead of “Puja”) and date of birth in her renewed passport. Court disposed of the writ petition directing the petitioner to apply to the Regional Passport Officer (Opposite Party No.2) within two weeks, with the officer to decide in accordance with law within a further two weeks under intimation to her. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to submit a necessary application before the Regional Passport Officer (Opposite Party No.2) within two weeks; the said officer to consider and pass orders in accordance with law within two weeks thereafter under intimation to the petitioner. ¶17