ZAHEEN v. U.O.I. THRU. SECY. MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS NEW DELHI AND ANOTHER
WRIC/9179/2025 · 2025-09-19
Manjive Shukla, Sangeeta Chandra
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9179 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J.
HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J.
1. Heard Shri S.P. Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Varun Pandey, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent nos.1 and 2. 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following prayers:-
"(i) MANDAMUS, directing the Respondent No. 2 i.e., the Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow, to correct the date of birth of the petitioner in Passport No. N2550675 from 19.04.2005 to the correct date of birth 16.04.2005, and re-issue the corrected passport to the petitioner. (ii) MANDAMUS, directing the Respondent No. 2 i.e., the Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow to take necessary action on the application of the petitioner for re-issuance of passport within a stipulated time period which is annexed as Annexure No.3 to this writ petition. (iv) Any other order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case."
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that she had already completed formalities for change of her Date of Birth on her Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Surya Prakash Tiwari, Abhishek Yadav, Vinay Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I. Zaheen .....Petitioner(s) U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s)
Passport but the Respondents till date have not issued Passport having changed Date of Birth. 4. Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel appearing for the respondents submits that the Respondents are in process of correcting Date of Birth of the petitioner and reissuance of Passport having corrected Date of Birth. He further submits that this Court may provide sometime so that proper decision in the aforesaid regard may be taken. 5. We have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and we find that the respondents are already in process of consideration of the matter of the petitioner for correction of Date of Birth and reissuance of Passport having corrected Date of Birth. 6. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Respondents to do the needful in this regard within a period of two months from today and if they find that the Date of Birth is to be corrected then reissue the Passport with the corrected Date of Birth.
September 19, 2025 N.PAL WRIC No. 9179 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- NARESH PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench