HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR (THROUGH VIRTUAL MODE FROM JAMMU) Case: WP(C) No. 2642/2025 CM No. 6976/2025 Mehr Fatima Nadeem …. Petitioner(s)/Appellant(s) Through :- Mr. Shabir Ahmad Naik, Advocate V/s Union of India & Ors. ….Respondent(s) Through :- Ms. Rehana Qayoom, Advocate vice Mr. T. M. Shamsi, DSGI Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SEKHRI, JUDGE ORDER 27.10.2025 Petitioner has invoked writ jurisdiction of this Court for re-issuance of passport. The case set out by the petitioner is that passport, bearing No. R3368137, came to be issued in her favour, wherein her date of birth was reflected as 07.04.2016, whereas her actual date of birth is 07.03.2015, as per the birth certificate issued by Registrar Births and Deaths, Anantnag Municipal Council and the Aadhar Card. The petitioner intends to travel abroad with her parents. It is further case of the petitioner that Chief Executive Officer Municipal Council, Anantnag has certified, vide his certificate dated 06.06.2025 that date of birth certificate issued in favour of the petitioner, as per the records of the Municipal Council Anantnag was found genuine. The grievance of the petitioner is that there is inordinate delay on the part of the respondents to rectify her date of birth Sr.No. 19 2 WP(C) No. 2642/2025 and re-issue the passport, despite submissions of valid documents by her, which is violative of her fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. Having regard to the limited nature of controversy, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the online application preferred by the petitioner for re-issuance of passport in her favour, in accordance with law, within a period of two weeks from the date a copy of this order along with copy of the writ petition and annexures are made available to them. Disposed of. (RAJESH SEKHRI) JUDGE Jammu: 27.10.2025 Meenakshi