HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 35192 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE SWARUPAMA CHATURVEDI, J. Heard Sri U.C. Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Ved Mani Tiwari, learned panel counsel for the respondents. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for a writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 08.09.2025 passed by Regional Passport Officer, Ghaziabad rejecting the request of the petitioner for change of date of birth in his passport. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that within the period of five years such change is permissible as per own rules of the Passport Department and yet the application of the petitioner has been rejected without assigning any reason. Per contra Sri Ved Mani Tiwari, learned counsel for the respondents submits that since the order is final in the nature, petitioner may approach the appellate authority under Section 11 of the Passport Act and in the event he approaches the authority, the appellate authority shall consider his claim and pass a reasoned and speaking order. In view of the above, while we decline to grant indulgence in the matter in view of the availability of efficacious alternative remedy of appeal, we still provide that in the event petitioner prefers appeal under Section 11 of the Passport Act within a period of four weeks from today along with the certified copy of this order before the appellate authority, the appellate Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : U.C. Chaturvedi, Vishnu Narayan Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Ved Mani Tiwari Ketan Singhal .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) authority shall deal with the appeal of the petitioner on merits and shall decide the same within a further period of one month by means of reasoned and speaking order of course after giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. October 14, 2025 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 35192 of 2025 2 (Swarupama Chaturvedi,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad