W.P.(MD) No.20661 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 30.07.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.SARAVANAN W.P.(MD) No.20661 of 2025 V.Ramakrishnan ... Petitioner /vs./ 1.The Commissioner, Corporation of Madurai, Arignanar Anna Maligai, Tallakulam, Madurai 625 002. 2.The Assistant City Health Officer, Corporation of Madurai, Arignanar Anna Maligai, Tallakulam, Madurai 625 002. ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned letter dated 30.06.2025 of the 2nd respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to issue Birth Certificate including the name of the daughter of the petitioner Sathiya Priya. 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.20661 of 2025 For Petitioner : Mr.C.Ganeshkumar For Respondents : Mr.K.Sivabalan Standing Counsel ORDER Mr.K.Sivabalan, learned Standing Counsel takes notice for the respondents. 2.The petitioner is aggrieved by the impugned order passed by the second respondent/the Assistant City Health Officer, refusing to incorporate the name of the petitioner's daughter, namely, Sathiya Priya, who was born on 09.10.1987, although the Date of Birth has been incorporated in the Birth Register maintained by the second respondent. 3.The respondents have relied upon a Government Order in G.O.Ms.No. 415, Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department, dated 27.09.2021. 4.Under similar circumstances, this Court has intervened and directed the second respondent to incorporate the name in the Birth Register. 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.20661 of 2025 5.Therefore, this Writ Petition stands allowed with a direction to the second respondent to incorporate the name of the petitioner's daughter, namely, Sathiya Priya, in the Birth Register and issue appropriate birth certificate as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Consequently, the impugned letter issued by the second respondent, dated 30.06.2025 stands quashed. No costs. Index : Yes / No 30.07.2025 Internet : Yes / No mm To 1.The Commissioner, Corporation of Madurai, Arignanar Anna Maligai, Tallakulam, Madurai 625 002. 2.The Assistant City Health Officer, Corporation of Madurai, Arignanar Anna Maligai, Tallakulam, Madurai 625 002. 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.20661 of 2025 C.SARAVANAN, J. mm W.P.(MD) No.20661 of 2025 30.07.2025 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis