High Court disposed of a writ petition seeking directions to issue a new passport with corrected Date of Birth using an online application. The Court directed the Passport Authority to consider the application within four weeks.
Direction to consider the fresh application dated 01.07.2023 within four weeks; no order on costs.
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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANOA
WRIT PETITION NO: 21395 OF 2023
Between:
Mohammed Amer Khan, S/o. Mohammed Dastageer Khan Aged about 32 years, R/o. H.No.7-4-92. 2nd floor, Flat No.S, Kasheergadda, Karimnagar.
...PETITIONER
AND
The Regional Passport Office, Olo, the Regional Passport Office Secunderabad
...RESPONDENT
Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the respondent in not issuing New Passport on fresh application with correct Date of Birth, Of the petitioner i.e., 2311011991 wrongly typed as 2311011987 in petitioner Passport bearing No. W 4094420 without considering the online application dated 01.07.2023 as highly illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and also violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of lndia.
lANO:1OF2 023
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent to receive the fresh application (online application) of the petitioner for issuance of new passport with correct Date of Birth as 2311011991 , pending disposal of the main writ petition.
Counsel for the Pet tirner: M/s. DEVARA SAMHITHA, AD()(.:ATE
Counsel for the Re,p,)ndent: SMT THAKUR ROOPA I;|NGF,l;C =ORCG
The Court made th( following: ORDER
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HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA
WRIT PETITION N0.21395 0F 2023
ORDER
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Thakur Roopa Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent.
"to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction rn:.i,: particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandanrus by declaring the inaction of the respondent in not issuing New Passpo[t on fresh application with ccrreci Date of Birth of the petitioner i.e.,23.10.1991 wrongly typed as 23.lO.lg9i in petitioner's passport bearing No.W40944 l0 without considerinq the online application dated 01.07.2023 as highly illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and :: iso violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Co.stitution of India and to pass such other orde,- or orders as the Hon'ble Court may deem fit anri 2roper in the interesL of jttstlce."
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direcied o consider lhe petitione!-,s :r{:,tr,lirtat on dated 01,07.2(17 ), in acco'dance to iaw yvithin a st pr,l. tec period.
.l'a 4 l<i g into consideration of the sl brTri:j:;i, rn tf learned Stanclincl or-rnSel appearing on behalf of ihe-estonclent - passport z tthority, the writ petition is clispo:s,:11 cf dir{rcting ihe resp.tr lernt herein to consider the pe,itiont:r s a pplication dated 0l-.0 '.2023, in accordance to law, ancl pES,; appropriate orders,/ rvil I 't a period of four (4) weeks lronr th _" date of rcceipt of a r:opy of this order duly.to rn rr u-r c,ttinc the decisicrn tr r,hr: petitioner. It is lrowe,rer, tt:served that petitioner s'rc uld ensure that all the documents t:; called upon by the r{ sl)ondent authority for conside"iltion of the petitioner's :6rplication dated 01.07.2023 n ay bc ,ubrritted to the respcnr errt herein, within a period as, stip rlittel by the respondent llowever, there shall be no orrjer as t I c)sts.
Nliscel er.reous petitions, if any, perrciirrg I l-his writ
petition, shz tl stand closed.
SD/.V.KAVITHA ASSI:;-IANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// \f S.C-ION OFFICER
To, 1. The Reqiona Passport Office, O/o, the Fegior-r;rl p;lssporl Office Secunder abad
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DATED: 17103i2023
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Regional Passport Office, Olo/Secunderabad
Surepalli Nanda
As recorded by the court registry
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