WP No. 19844 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 03-06-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH WP No. 19844 of 2025 S.Lavanya W/o.S.K. Syed Nazrullah, No. 16/14 3rd Street, Kamraj Nagar, Zamin Pallavaram, Chennai 600 043. Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The Commissioner Greater Chennai Corporation, Rippon Building Chennai 600 003. 2.The Zonal Officer, Zone XI Valasarawakkam Zone, Greater Chennai Corporation, No. 33 Arcot Road, Bhuvaneswari Nagar, Valasaravakkam, Chennai 600 087. 3.The Registrar of Birth & Deaths Greater Chennai Corporation, Rippon Building, Chennai 600 003. Respondent(s) p. 1 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 19844 of 2025 Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to correct the petitioner's name as “S. LAVANYA” instead of “AYSHA.S” in her daughter's birth certificate and dispose the representation dated 26.11.2024. For Petitioner(s) : For Respondent(s) : Mr.J.Athiamaan Mr.E.C.Ramesh, Standing Counsel ORDER This writ petition has been filed for issuing a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the application submitted by the petitioner on 26.11.2024, wherein, the petitioner has sought for correction of her name as “S. LAVANYA” instead of “AYSHA.S” in the birth certificate issued to the petitioner's daughter by the Greater Chennai Corporation. Page 2 of 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 19844 of 2025 2. Heard Mr.J.Athiamaan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr.E.C.Ramesh, learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. 3. The name of the petitioner is S.Lavanya and the same is evident from the birth certificate that was issued to her when she was born on 19.12.1984. The petitioner was married to one Syed Nazrullah, who belongs to the Muslim community. The marriage was conducted under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and it was registered on the file of the Sub Registrar Office, Pallavaram. A child was born and while issuing the birth certificate, the name of the petitioner was mentioned as “Aysha.S” instead of “S.Lavanya”. Hence, the petitioner submitted an application before the respondents seeking for correcting her name in the birth certificate that was issued to the petitioner's daughter. Since the same was not considered, the present writ petition has been filed before this Court. 4. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the materials placed before this Court, there shall be a direction to the third respondent to carry out the necessary correction in the birth p. 3 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 19844 of 2025 certificate by incorporating the name of the petitioner as “S.Lavanya” instead of “Aysha.S”, who is the mother of Maryam Iqra .S.N and issue a fresh birth certificate within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. This writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms. No costs. 03-06-2025 nsd Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes Neutral Citation:Yes/No p. 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 19844 of 2025 To 1.The Commissioner Greater Chennai Corporation, Rippon Building Chennai 600 003. 2.Zonal Officer Zone XI Valasarawakkam Zone, Grater Chennai Corporation, No. 33 Arcot Road, Bhuvaneswari Naga, R Valasaravakkam, Chenai 600 087. 3.The Registrar Of Birth And Deaths Greater Chennai Corporation, Rippon Building, Chennai 600 003. Page 5 of 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 19844 of 2025 N.ANAND VENKATESH J. nsd WP No. 19844 of 2025 03.06.2025 p. 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis