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Bethapudi Hari Krishna v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC11 Dec 2025WP/38193/2025

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What is this about?

Petitioner sought a writ of mandamus to correct the spelling of his surname in his SSC Marks Memo from 'Bethakudi' to 'Bethapudi', relying on earlier orders of the High Court. The court disposed of the petition directing respondents 2 and 3 to consider the representation and pass a reasoned order within one week.

What did the court decide?

Respondents 2 and 3 directed to consider representation dated 26.07.2025 for correction of surname in SSC Marks Memo and pass reasoned order within one week.

Bethapudi Hari Krishna Vs The State of Telangana — Education and Admissions | 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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THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTYFIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI^NANDA

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wRlT PETITION NO: 38193 oF 2025

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Between:

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Bethapudi Hari Krishna, S/o Late Dr. Bethapudi Ramarao,^{Aged_abbut 4?} :/.earc., Occ. Assistant Professor, R/o Plot No.74, Padmavathi Colony,^{Boduppal, Uppal,} Rangareddy District^- 500039.

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.....PETITIONER

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The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary,^Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad.

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The Board of Secondary Education, Rep. by its Secretary,^Hyderabad.

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The Commissioner of School Education,^{Board of} Secondary^Education, Hyderabad, Telangana State.

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The District Educational Officer, Hyderabad.

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The Regional Deputy Director of School^{Education(R!DqE),Opposk Nizam} College Bus Stop, Gunfoundry, Abids,^{Hyderabad- 500001.}

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The Principal, Maharaja Public School, lndira^{Nagar, Nehru Nagar,} Habsiguda, Hyderabad - 500013.

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.....RESPONDENTS

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Petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia^{praying that in the} circumstances stated in the aflidavit filed therewith,^{the High Courtmaybe} pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more^particularly oneⁱⁿ the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction^{of the Respondent Nos.2} and 3 in not correcting the^{petitioner's surnamein the SSC Marks Memofrom} Krishna Bethakudi to Hari Krishna Bethapudi,^{despitethe petitioner's written} representation daled 2610412025, as being illegal. arbitrary^{and violative of Articles} 14 and 21 of the Constitution^{of lndia} and^{contrary to the settled law declared in}

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Shaik Abdul Rahim v. State of Telangana (W.P. No. 35591 of 2022) and K. Raghunath v. State of Telangana (WP. No.^'18384 of 2021 ). Consequently direct Respondent Nos.2 and 3 to effect correction of the petitioner's surname as Bethapudi in his SSC Marks Memo in accordance with Sections B and C of G.O.Ms.No 1263, Education Department. dated 06-05-1961. and to issue a fresh corrected SSC Marks Memo forth with.

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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 Responden: Nos.2 and 3 herein to consider and pass appropriate orders on the petitioner's representation daled 26.O7.2025 for 'correction of the clerical mistake in his SSC Marks Memo (from "Bethakudi" to 'Bethapudi"), pending disposal of the.main wr t^petition.

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Counsel for the Petitioner : DR. M.MADHAVI LATHA

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Counsel for the Respondents : AGP FOR EDUCATION

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The Court nrade the following ORDER

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INTHEHIGHcouRTFoRTHESTATEoFTELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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HON'BLE MRS.^{JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA}

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WRIT PETITION No.38193^{OF 2O25}

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DATE: 11.1?.2O25

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Between :

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Bethapudi Hari^Krishna

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Petitioner

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And

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The State of^Telangana, Education DePartment,^HYderabad & five others

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Respondents

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ORDER:

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Heard Sri Dr.M-Madhavi^{Latha @ Saarah Sandilya'} learned counsel^{appearirrg on behalf of the petitioner and} learned Assistant^{Government PleaderforEducation} appearing on behalf^{of respondents.}

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The Petitioner^{approached this court seekino the} graver as under^:

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.....to issue an appropriate writ, order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature^{of writ of Mandamus,} declaring the^{inactionof the Respondent Nos.2 and 3 in not} correcting^{the petitioner'ssurname in the ssc Marks Memo} from^{"Hari Krishna Bethakudi"to "Hari Krishna Bethapudi",} despite the^{petitioner's writtenrepresentation dated}

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sN,., WP No.38193_2025

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26.07.2025, as being illegal, arbitrary and violative of A,rticles 14 and 2l of the constitution of India and contrary to the settled law declared in Mohammed Abdul eayyum v. State of Telangana (W.P.No.35591 of 2022) and^.Bhatta Chandrashekar v. Board of Secondary Education (Wp No.8663 of }OZL), Telangana High Court, consequenUy direct Respondent Nos.2 and 3 to effect correction of the petitioner's surname as "Bethapudi" in his SSC Marks Memo in accordance with Sections B and C of G.O.Ms.No.L263, Education Department, dated 0t5.05.1961, and to issue a fresh corrected SSC Marks Memo forthwith; and pass such other order...,,

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Tlre case of the petitioner in brief, is that the petitioner,s original name was "BETHAPUDI HARI KRISHNA" but at the time of issuernce of the SSC certificate, the petitioner's name was wrongly recorded as'Bethakudi Hari Krishna', this minor mistake had caused serious admlnistrative and professionat hardship and also created inconsistency between the petitioner's educationat credentials and personal identification documents, thereby affectingr the petitioner's employment and verification opportunities.

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It is fufther the case of the petitioner that the petitioner approached the respondents 2 and 3 seeking correction of petitioner's surname, but the respondent officials failed to act, despite treing furnished with all necessary supporting documents.

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On 26.07.2025 the^{petitionersubmitteda detailedwritten} representation enclosing^{copies of Aadhaar, PAN, Intermediate} Marks Memo and family^{records establishingthe correctspelling} of^petitioner's Surname^{as "BETHAPUDI".But the respondents did} ngt consider^{petitioner'srequestfor correctionof his Surname.} Aggrieved by the same, the^{petitioner preferred the presentwrit} petition.

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Learned counsel appearing^{on behalf of the petitioner} Submits that inspite of^{repeatedrequestsand representation of} the petitioner dated 26.07.2025^{seeking correctionof the} petitioner's surname in the ssc Marks^{Memo from} .HARIKRISHNA BETHAKUDI" tO^*HARI KRISHNA BETHAPUDI", the respondents herein^{had not initiated any action on the said} representation of the^petitioner.

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The tearned counsel^{appearing on behalf of the} petitioner further submits that the^{subject issue in the} present writ petition is squarely^{covered by the order of} this Court dated O|.O4.2O22^{passed in W.P.No.8663of} 2O2L and'also the^{order of this Court dated 22.fJ9.2022} passed in W.P.No.35591 ol 2022.

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The learned Assistant Government pleader appearing on belhalf of the respondents does not dispute the said submission made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and upon instructions brinqs to

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(a) The aforesaid facts and circumstances of the

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case,

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(ii) The submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government pleader appearing on behalf of the responclents,

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(iiii) The view of this court in its Judgment dated O1.O4.2t022 passed in W.p.No.8663 ot ZO2t,,

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(iv) The view of this court in its Judgment dated 22.09.21)22 passed in W.p.No.3SSgl of 2O22,

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(v) The contents of the petitioner's representation dated 26.07.2[J25 addressed to the respondents herein,

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The writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents 2 and 3 to consider the grievance of the petitioner as put forth in the petitioner's representation dated 26.07.2(J25, pertaining to correction of the petitioner's surname in the SSC Marks Memo from .Hari KrishNA BEthAKUdi, tO *HARI KRISHNA BETHAPUDI,,, in accordance to law, and pass appropriate reasoned order, within a period of one (O1) week from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order, and duly communicate the decision on petitioner's representation dated 26.07.2025 to the petitioner herein. However there shall be no order as to costs.

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Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand

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closed

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ED ABDULLA^KHAN ANT REGISTRAR

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//TRUE SECTION OFFICER

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To State of

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1. 1. 3 Board Secondary Education, Hyderabad, Telangana^State.

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1. The District Educational^{Officer,Hyderabad.} 5. The Director of Schoot Education^{(RJDSE)' Opposk Nizam} ,^{Abids,Hyderabad- 500001}

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1. The School, lndira Nagar,^{Nehru Nagar,} Habsiguda, Hyderabad^- 50001 3.

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1. Two CCs to GP FOR^{EDUCATION,High Court for the State of Telanganaat} Hyderabad.tOUTl

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s. ohe CC to on. ru.rrlnoHAvl^{LATHA,Advocate} [oPUC]

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s, 9. Two CD CoPies Atong SA'DANwittr a "opi Jitt^{e order dated 01.04.2022in W.P No-35591ot 2O22}

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DATEET:I111212025

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DISPOS|ING OF THE W.P

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WITHOIJT COSTS.

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THE HON,BLE DT. JUSTICE G. RADHA RANI

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Writ Petition No.8663 of 2021

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This petition.is filed by the petitioners to issue a writ of Mandamus : '"! the proceedings of Respondent No.2 vide L.Dis.No.208/ dt.16.01.2021 & Respondent No.3 vide Rc.No.59l7IG3/SSC/ dt.25.01,.2021 w arbitrary, illegal, void, and against the principles of justice and in violation of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under rl4 & 2l-A of the Constitution of India, and to direct the Nos.2 & 3 to incorporate the name of Respondent No.5 as the of :Petitioner ..1. No.l in SSC certificate of the Petitioner No.l, 15.052014 ,i

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2;l:' Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Pleader for respondent Nos.l to 3.

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J 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the .^'petitioner No.2 and respondent No.5 were the biological parents of No.l. The parents of the petitioner No.l worked together at and: Warangal. During the course of their service, they close intimacy and lived together under one roofl, due to which petitioner No.l rwas born. At the relevant point of time, the respondent 5 was already manied and was having 2 children. Subsequently, in the

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year 200(i sotne disturbances arose between the parents of petitioner No.l and the petitioner No.2 filed a criminal complaint against respondent No.5 with Police, Warangal and a case was registered against respondent No.5 under Se,:tion 498-A IPC and charge sheet was f,iled vide CC No.22 t of 2008 on the file of I Additional Munsif Magistrate at^{Warangal. Dueto} intervention of elders, the matter was settled outside^the court^{and an} agreement of abandonment/settlement^{was executed on 20-9-2006 and the} criminal oase was settled in Lok Adalat^vide order^{dated 5-10-2006.In lieu} of the agleernent, the^parents of^{petitionerNo.l were livingseparatelyand} the petitioner No.2 took the^{responsibility and custody of petitionerNo' l.} The respondent No.5 paid an^{amount of Rs.2.00 lakhs to petitionerNo.2} and Rs.2. )0 lakhs for the^welfare of^{petitioner No.l.}

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The leamed counsel for the^{petitioners further submitted thatthe} . petitioner No.l passed SCC^{Public Examinationthrough Narayana Concept} School at Arneerpet in the^{year 2Ol4with a GPA of 9.2 out of l0 and the} respondertt No.l issued SSC^{Memo dated l5-5-2014to that effect. While} submitting the application^{of petitioner No.l to the respondentNo.l for} appearing in SSC^{Public Examination, the petitioner No.2did not mention} the name of respondent No.5^{due to her personalego issues,as such the} column pertaining to the^{name of the father was left blank.Presently the}

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No.l was pursuing Master of Science (M.Sc) and was planning pursue higher education abroad for a better career. To avoid visa and for social status, the petitioner No.l wanted his father's to be incorporated in his SSC Memo certificate. The petitioner No.l not having any claim, whatsoever either in the property or inheritance respondent,No.5. On'the request of petitioner No.1, the petitioner made a representation to respondent No.4 to forward the application f petitioner No.l to incorporate the father's name of petitioner No.l in his SC Memo certificate by enclosing all the requisite doctrments as per vide representation dated l0-l l-2020. The reSpondent No.4 the respondent No.3 after 2. The respondent No.2 proceedings

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The learned counsel for the petitioners further submitted that :

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.O.Ms. No.l263 had no application, the respondents No.2 and 3 had the^jsaid . GO and failed to exercise their powers to ::lncorporate^{the father'sname of petitioner No.l ih his SSC certificate.The} t. ,:' l ibuggestion of the respondents No.2 and 3 for publication in gazette had no { .implication to the facts and circumstances of the case. The respondent No.l ,It" had ample powers to incorporate the father's name of petitioner No.l in his

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SSC menro. No prejudice would be caused to the respondents No.1 to 3 by incorpore.ting the father's name of th€ petitioner in the SSC certificate. The petitioner No.l had furnished his birth certif,rcate, transfer certificate issued, by resporrdent No.4, the agreernent dated 2}-g-2006along^{with Lok Adalat} order anrl requisite declaration affidavits and^prayed to allow^{the Writ} Petition try directing the respondents No.2 and 3 to^{incorporatethe name of,} the father of petitioner No. t in his SSC certificate.

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The learned Government Pleader^{for School Education submitted} that no ccrrections could be^{made in the entries relating to name, father's} surname etc. in the completed^{SSLC or HSC or HS (Multi purpose)as per} Section^'C' of GO Ms No^{1263,Edn., dated 6-5-1961 except for the} clerical rristakes. The^{petitioner No.l could arange to notify at his own} cost any :hange by way of^{publicationin Gazetteand prayed to dismiss the} petition.

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Perused the record. Section'C'^{of G.O.Ms.No.1263 Education}

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Departmr:nt, dated 6-5-1961 is with^{regard to Rules, which are as under:}

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..RULES FOR THE CORRECTION OF THE ENTRIES REI.ATING TO THE NAME, SURNAME,^{FATHER'S NAME"} CASTE, RELIGTON ETC., [N COMPLETED^SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTTFICATE^ORHIGHER SECONDARY CERTIFTCATES^{ORHTGHERSECONDARY} (MULTIPURPOSE) CERTIFTCATES.

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(1) No application shall be entertained by the or any officer of the Educational Department for the of the entries relating to name, father's name, caste religion in

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Department.

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(2) The person affected may, however, arrange to notify at his or '^{her own cost, any such changeof name,father's namecaste or} religion in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and shall keep a copy of i the notification in the concerned certificate. j ..:r " i,:. 'j , ;,,

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. (3) No correction need, however, be made in the certiflrcates or the school ficords as a result of the notification referred to in . rule^{2 abovri.}

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i ,', -:.,. r' (By oRDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOk OF , ANDHRA PRADESH).'

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same was informed by the respondents No.2 and 3 vide impugned a' :iri ...i i. rlii l! : ,. - 1;

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dated | 6- L:2021 and 25 - l - 2021, respectively.

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The learned counsel for the petitionem also relied upon the Full

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judgment of the Orissa High Court in Satyasiva Sundar Nayak v. ,'Board^{of SecondaryEducation, Orissaand othersl wherein}

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the question of law that whether the change of the name or surname of .,..,.

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and mother'of a candidate who had already appeared at the High Certificate Examination'and obtained the Board Certificate^(H.S.C.)

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the names of the parents is permissible on the basis of a

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correctiotr in the school record made subsequent to that date^is

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"6.4. There cannot be anything under the sun wherc cannot creep in. What is necessary to be determined is there is really a genuine mistake or not ? Therefore;, it augur well for a statutory authority like the^{Board dealing} the cases of students to take a stand that it^will correction unless it is so directed by a civil court, every case a suit is required to be filed by^the not clear how and on what basis, the Board will^collteqt suits. The stand taken one inasmuch as such students with genuine Board in hundreds of litigation in civil^{court withouthavingany} effective say or defence in the matter.^{Held so, it allowedthe,} writ petition

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When a minor is admitted in^{the primary school, the school '} admission register is maintained^{by the concerned teacherof that} school. [f any bona fide^{mistake occursin theschool admission} : register, then the same cannot continue.^{At the time of fillingup} of the form to appear at^the HSC^{Examinationor after issuance-} of HSC certificate if mistake is^{detected, the Board can rectiS} the same. The Division Bench rightly^{held thatthe authorities} '. issuing a document have the^power of^{makingnecessary'.} corrections,iftheyaresatisfiedaboutanyincorrectness.$uqh power is ancillary.

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We are unable to accept the^{view of the referencecourtthat} the circular of the Directorate of^{Education, Orissawithregard} to correction of the records of the^{school in respectof parents'} name and surname can^{be made when a studentcontinuesin the} school and is not^yet sent up for^{fillingup the forms to appear} the Board examination and not^{thereafter. Allowing this at a} later stage may encourage^{unnecessarycomplication in cases} tike adoption. The apprehension^{is unfounded}

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We are conscious of the socio^{economicconditions of} students admitted into the Govemment^{PrimarySchoolsof the} State. Some of the students belong^{to the lower rung of the} society. The Board authorities^{must realise the ground reality.} They cannot denude the^{just clairn} of^{a student on jejune} grounds.

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Ubi Jus lbi Remedium - for every wrong, the law provides a remedy. The same is a fundamental principle of equity jurisprudence.l

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17, When the question of adoption arises, the Board in ,^{appropriate cases may reject the same.But whena} i^{'fatheCs/mother's} name has been wrongly entered into the school .^{admission register, the same cannot.be allowedto continue."}

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9., In the present case also no fraud or misrepresentation has been r

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the respondents or no motives are imputed against the I to,,reject his application. The name of the father of

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No.l was left blank in the Secondary School Certificate and the , is'requesting it to be entered for his social recognition or to avoid visa.complications. Section 'C' of G.O.Ms. No 1263, Edn. dated

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-r961 is,not a bar for entering the name of the father of the petitioner I as the:petitioner No.l is not seeking for any correction of the enffies only seeking to fill up the column which was left blank. As the No.l had produced valid documents like date of birth, pitssport, certificateissuedbyRespondentNo.4,agreementdated20-9.2006

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.his parents along with the order passed by the Lok Adalat and declaration, aflidavits, there must be no difficulty for the for entering the name of the father of the^petitioner No.l in his

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,^{certificate. Hence, it is consideredfit to give a direction to the}

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No.2 and 3 to incorporate the name of respondent No.5 as the

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father of petitioner No.l in the SSC certificate of the^petitioner l5-4-2OL.>

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Hence, the Writ Petition is^allowed setting^aside

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proceedir.gs. The respondents No.2 and 3^{are directed to} '1. .^..':, ,.

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name of respondent No.5 as the^{fatherof petitioner'No.l}

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certificatt: of the^{petitioner No. I datedI 5-4-20I 5. No orderas to costs.-,}

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Miscellaneous Petitions spending,^{if any,shallstand closed.}

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HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN

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WRIT PETITION No.35591 OF 2022

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ORAL ORDER:

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Heard Mr. Zulfaquar Alam, learned counsel for the^{petitioner and} Mr. M. Parma Reddy, learned Assistant Government Pleader^for Education appearing for respondent Nos.2 to 4.

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This Writ Petition is filed to declare the inaction of^respondent No.3 in correcting the names of the^petitioner and his^{father in his Marks} Memo of Secondary School Certificate as "Mohammed^Abdul Qayyum" in place of "Mohammed Abdul Rahman' and "Mohammed^Abdul Rahman" in place of "Mohd Abdul Rahman" in spite of^{the petitioner} personal visits to respondent No.3 office followed by a written representation dated 20.09.2019 as illegal and for a^{consequential} direction to respondent No.3 to correct the^names of^{the petitionerand} his father in SSC Marks memo as mentioned above.

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Perusal of record would reveal that^{the petitioner herein had} passed out S.S.C during the academic year 2016-17. Secondary^School Certificate including Marks Memo^{dated 03.05.2017 was issued to the} petitioner. The petitioner herein had submified an application^to respondent No.5 seeking correction of^{his name and his father'sname}

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mentioned in the aforesaid marks memo, dated 03.05.2017. Respondent No.5 school, in turn, had forwarded the said application to respondent No.3 with a request to correct the name of the petitioner and his father.

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4, According to the petitioner, his name is "Mohammed Abdul Qayyunf'^{and his father's nameis "MohammedAbdul Rahman".In} proof o{ the same, he has filed Birth Certificatel1.09.20l9 issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Greater Hyderat,ad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad and the Assistant Medical Offrcer,rf Health, Circle No.05 in Form No.5. He has also filed copies of Aadhar Card, Pan Card and Bank Pass Book. He has also filed copy of Tradt: License issued by the GHMC to show that the name of the petitione r's thther as 'Mohd. Abdul Rahman'. In the SSC Marks Memo, his namt: is mentioned as "Mohammed Abdul Rahman" and his father's name is ;nentioned as "Mohd Abdul Rahman".

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Despite receiving and acknowledging the said letter, dated 20.09.2019 sent by respondent No.5 school, respondent No.3 failed to act upon the same. Therefore, the present writ petition.

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On the other hand, Mr. M. Parma Reddy, leamed Assistant Govemnrent Pleader for Education, referring to G.O.Ms.No.l263 of

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Education Department, dated 06.05.1961, would submit that^the petitioner has to submit the said application within two^{(02) years} from the date of wrong entry which the petitioner herein did not submit. However, respondent No.3 is not the Competent Authority. As^per Rules, for correction of entries relating to the name, surnatne,^father's name etc., in the completed Secondary School Leaving Certificates or Higher Secondary Certificates, or High Secondary^{(Multipurpose)} Certificates, the person affected may, however, arange^{to notifr at his or} her own costs, any such change of name, father's name in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and shall keep a copy of the certification in^the concemed certificate. According to the^{learned Assistant Government} Pleader, the petitioner herein has not submitted the said Gazette^and, therefore, he is not entitled for correction of^{namein the SSC Marks} Memo.

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7 . In view of the aforesaid rival submissions,^{it is relevant to note} that the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Government had^issued G.O.Ms.No.1263, dated 06.05.1961^{i.e., revised Rules with regardto the} correction of date of birth. The same were^{adopted by the State of} Telangana in terms of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization^{Act, 2014.} The said Rules are relevant and the same are extracted^below:

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RUI-ES FOR THE CORRECTION OF TI{E DATE OF BIRTH, NAME, SUINAME, FATHER'S NAME, CASTE, RELIGION, IN SCHOOL RE(]ORDS, OTHER THAN COMPLETED SECONDARY SCHOOL LEI.VING CERTIFICATES OR HIGMR SECONDARY (MULTIPURPOSE) CETITIFICATES.

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(l) An application for the correction of the date of birth, Name, Surname, Father's name, Caste, Religion in the School Records, that is other than completed Secondary School Leaving Certificate or Higher Secondary Certificates or Higher Secondary (Multipurpose) Certificates shall be made to the authorities mentioned in column (2) of the table below through the Head of the school in which the pupil is studying:-

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Cla	ssesofCases	Authoritycompetent topassorders for the correctionofdateof birth
a)Application studvineinPrim	inthecaseofpupils arvclasses.	DistrictEducationalOfficerconcemed
(b)Application studying inthe	inthecaseofpupils LowerSecondary Classes	TheRegionalDeputy DirectorofPublic Instructionconcemedor theIGS concemedasthecasemaybe
c)Application stuJyingin Clz.sses.	inthecaseofpupils theHigherSecondary	Director ofPublic Instructions

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The application may be preferred by the father or mother or the pupil (boy'girl) or by his or her guardian, if both the parents are not alive.

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The documents mentioned in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) of Rule 3 under Section "A" shall be attached to the application.

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The instructions contained in rule-4 under section 'A' shall also apply to the caser, covered by this section.

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Cn receipt of the application with the prescribed documents, the Headmaster shall submit along with the attached documents to the District Educational Officer in Director or Deputy Director of Public Instruction as the case may be with reference to rule I above. The officer competent to pass orders shall dispc se of the applicant, after making or ordering such enquiry as he considers necerisary.

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Irlo application for the correction of the date of birth in the school records shall ordinarily be entertained after a period of two years from the date of the first ,ldmission to the school, a departure being made only in very exceptional cases where there is unimpeachable evidence and the delay in preferring the appli,;ation is satisfactorily explained.

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SECTION-C

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RLILES FOR THE CORRECTION OF THE ENTRIES RELATTNG TO THE NAME, SURNAME, FATHER'S NAME, ETC., TN COMPLETED SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE OR HIGHER SECoNDARY CERTIFICATE OR HIGIIER SECONDARY CERTIFICATES OR EIGHER SECONDARY (MP) CERTIFICATES.

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No arplication shall be entertained by the Government or any offrcer of the Educirtional Depar0nent for the correction of the entries relating to name, father's name, caste religion etc., in the completed Secondary School Leaving Certificate

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or Higher Secondary Certificates or Higher^{SecondaryCertificatesor Higher} Secondary (Multipurpose) Certificates, unless it be for^{the correctionof} obviously absurd entries or clerical^{mistakescommitted in the schoolor office} records of the Education Department.

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The person affected may, howevet, arrar'ge to notify at^{his or her own cost, any} such change of name, father's name caste or religion^{in the AndhraPradesh} Gazetie and shall keep a copy of the notification in the concerned^certificate.

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No correction need, however, be made in the certificates^{or the school records as} a result of the notification referred to in rule 2 above."

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Section - B of the Rules relates to the correction of^{the date of} birth, nilme, surname, father's name, caste and^religion in^School Records other than completed Secondary School Leaving Certificate^or Higher secondary (Multipurpose) Certificates. Section^- C of^{the Rules} relates to the correction of the entries relating to the niune,^surname, father's name etc., in completed Secondary School^Leaving Certificate or Higher Secondary Certificate or Higher^{SecondaryCertificates or} Higher Secondary (MP) Certificates.

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It is also relevant to note that the^{petitioner herein is seeking} correction of his nulme and his^{father'sname in the Marks Memobut not} in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate.

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Clause - 5 of Section - B Rules envisages that on^{receipt of} the application with the^{prescribed documents,the Headmaster shall} submit along with the attached^{documentsto the District Educational} Officer in Director or Deputy Director of^{Public Instructionas the case}

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may be with reference to Rule I above. The officer competent to pass orders shall dispose^'of the applicant, after making or ordering such enquiry as he considers necessary.

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I [ . Clause - 6 of the said Section - B Rules envisages that no application for the correction of the date of birth in the school records shall ordinarily be entertained after a period of two years from the date of the first admission to the school, a departure being made only in very excepticnal cases where there is unimpeachable evidence and the delay in preferring the application is satisfactorily explained.

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l!1. As per Column (b) of Clause (l) of Section -B, application in the case, of students studying in the Lower Secondary Classes, the Regional Deputy Director of Public Instruction concemed or the IGS concernt:d as the case may be is the competent authority.

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As stated above, respondent No.5 has already forwarded the application of the petitioner herein to respondent No.3 on 20.09.2019. The sai<[ fact is not disputed by the learned Assistant Govemment Pleader lbr Education.

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Respondent No.3 having received the said letter from respondent No.5 did not act upon the same. Therefore, he has to

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consider the same and^pass appropriate orders^{in accordancewith the}

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aforesaid Rules

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In view of the aforesaid discussion, this Writ Petition^is disposed of directing respondent No.3 to consider the^{letter dated} 20.09.2019 submitted by respondent No.5 with regard to the^correction of the petitioner's name and his father's name in SSC^{Marks Memo and} pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, more particularly strictly in terms of G.O.Ms.No.l263 of the Education Department,^dated 06.05.1961, and communicate copy of the said order to the^petitioner

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herein. Respondent No.3 shall complete the said exercise^as expeditiously as possible. However, in the circumstances^{of the case,} there shall be no order as to costs.

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As a sequel, the miscellaneous^petitions, if any,^{pending in the}

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Writ Petition shall stand closed.

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K. LAKSHMAN, J

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22nd Septemberr2022 Mgr

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