Disposed

Alamla Harika v. The Union of India

Telangana HC9 Dec 2025WP/36619/2025

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What is this about?

A student sought correction of her date of birth in her Aadhaar card after UIDAI rejected an update because the permissible update limit was exhausted. The court noted an exceptional-handling procedure exists using a Birth Certificate under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 with a self-declaration. It disposed of the petition granting liberty to submit those documents, directing resp

What did the court decide?

Liberty to petitioner to submit Birth Certificate under Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 and prescribed self-declaration at any Aadhaar Enrolment Centre; respondents to process request in a

Alamla Harika Vs The Union of India — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF^TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH^BHEEMAPAKA

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WRIT PETITION NO: 36619 OF 2025

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Between:

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Alamla Harika, D/o Alamla Narasaiah,^{Aged 19 years,Occ; Student,R/o H.No.2-3-} 6471a1233, Shaikpet, New Prem^{Nagar,Amberpet, Hyderabad.}

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.....PETITIONER

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The Union of lndia, Rep by its^{C E O, UniqueldentificationAuthorit-yof lndia,} Banda Sahib Rd Behind Kali Mandir,^{Gole Market New Delhi I 10001.}

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Unique ldentification Authority^{of lndia, HyderabadRggional Office, RepBy its} Deputy Director General/Regional^{Officer, Having Office at 6th. Floor,East} Block,-Swarna Jayanthi Complex^{in Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana. Pin} o3B

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.....RESP.NDENTS

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Petition Under Article 226 ol^{lhe Constitutionof lndia praying that in the} circumstances stated in the^{affidavit filed therewith,the High Court maybe} pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or Direction,^{more particularly a writ} of Mandamus, declaring the^{action of Respondents in refusing to correct the Date} of Birth of the^petitioner in^{Aadhaarcard No. 32479309 0032, by recordingthe} correct Date of Birth as^{0611212005instead of 0611212006,as highlyillegal,} arbitrary, unconstitutional,^violative of^{the petitioner'sfundamental} .^rights guaranteed under Articles 21 and 21A of the constitution^{of lndia, and contrary to} Section 31(2) of the Aadhaar^{Act,2016 and consequently direct the Respondents} to issue a fresh Aadhaar Card^{to the petitioner by duly correcting her Date of Birth} in Aadhaar No. 3247 93Og^{0032 as 061'1212005instead of 0011212006.}

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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 Respondents to forthwith issue a fresh Aadhaar Card to the petitioner by duly correcting her Date of Birth in Aadhaar No. 3247 9309 0032 as 06/1 zt2}Os instead of 06/1 2t2oo6, pending disposar of the above writ petition.

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Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI E.SREENIVASA RAO

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counsel for the Respondents : SMT N.V.R.RAJYALAKSHMI, couNSEL REPRESENTING SRI N.BHUJANGA RAO, DEPUW SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA

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The Court made the following ORDER

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA

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WRIT PETITION No.36619 of 2o25

Dated: o9.L2.2O25

Between:

Alamla Harika

...Petitioner

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The Union of India & another

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...Respondents

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ORDER:

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The petitioner has filed the present writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to correct her Date of Birth in Aadhaar Card No. 3247 9309 0032 by recording it as 0J.12.2005 instead of 06.12.2006, and to issue a fresh Aadhaar card accordingly.

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Heard Sri E. Sreenivas Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. NVR Rqiyalakshmi, learned counsel representing Sri N. Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, for the respondents.

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Learned counsel for the peti.tioner submits that petitioner's correct Date of Birth is o6.12.2o0s as reflected in her ss

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Certificate, Bonafide Certificates, Community Certificate,.and^Birth Certificate. He submits that the wrong entry in the^Aadhaar occurred due to inadvertent error at the time of enrolment and that she is facing genuine hardship in availing scholarships and^other essential services because of the incorrect Aadhaar details. He submits that the petitioner attempted to update her Date^of Birth at Aadhaar Seva Kendras, but her request was rejected^{on the} ground that the permissible limit for Date of Birth updates^had been exhausted. He further submits that action of the^respondents in not carrying out the said correction is arbitrary and^violativeof Articles 2l and 21A of the Constitution.

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Learned counsel for the respondents submits that^the petitioner initially enrolled with Date of Birth as 06.12.2005^but later updated it to 06. 12.2006 in the year 2OLg,^{based on a manual} declaration authenticated by her father. She submits that^{as per} Unique Identification Authority of India^{(UIDAI) regulatiorrs,Date of} Birth can be updated only once in a lifetime,^and the^{petitionerhas} already used that option. She submits that a^{further updateis} possible only undc^' the Exceptional Handling Mechanism,^for which the petitioner must submit a Birth Certificate^issuedunder the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 along with a selfdeclaration in the prescribed format. She further submits that the

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petitioner attempted the update using an SSC Memo, which is not an acceptable document for exceptional handling, and therefore her request was rejected.

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On considering the aforesaid submissions, this Court finds that the respondents have not refused correction outright; rather, they have indicated a specific procedure available to the petitione, t for updating her Date of Birth under the exceptional category. If the petitioner produces the required documents, the respondents are bound to process her request in accordance with law.

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In view of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to submit a Birth Certificate issued under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 along with the prescribed self-declaration at any authorized Aadhaar Enrolment Centre, for processing her request for correction of Date of Birth under the Exceptional Handling Mechanism. Upon submission of the said documents, the respondents shall consider and process the petitioner's request strictly in accordance with the AADHAAR (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) ACT, 2016, Regulations, and applicable guidelines, within a period of ten days from the date of such submission. No order as to costs.

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Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition,

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shall stand closed.

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SD/-P. P NNA KRISHNA ASSIS A^{T REGISTRAR}

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//TRUE COPY//

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ON OFFICER

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To 1. The C.E.O.,^{Union of lndia, Unique ldentification Authorit} ia, Banda Sahib Rd Behind^{Kali Mandir,Gole Market, New Delhi1 1}

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The Deputy^{Director General / Regional Officer,Unique ldentification}

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\ Authority ofBlock, Swar^{na lndia, JayanthHyderabad i Complex Regio nal inAmeerpet, Office,HavingHYdera bad, Office Telangana. at 6th Floor, PinEast} 500 038.

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