In her affidavit, the petitioner has stated “When I approached the respondent for correction of the date of birth in the passport, he directed me to obtain an order from the Court.” This averment of the petitioner is too vague to be accepted. There are two respondents in the writ petition. The petitioner has not indicated as to which of the two respondents she has approached. It is not the pleaded case of the petitioner that she has filed an application in writing before respondent No.2, who is the competent authority to entertain such applications. Indeed, the Union of India, Ministry of External Affairs, has laid down the procedure, according to which, a person, who seeks issue of passport or correction of entries in the passport, has to make an application on-line and also submit an application along with the required documents physically in the nearest passport Kendra. The petitioner has not pleaded that she has followed this procedure. Unless the petitioner followed the prescribed procedure and despite the same, respondent No.2 does not respond to her request, she cannot approach this Court and seek issue of a mandamus.
