- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:11597 WP No. 29875 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.29875 OF 2024 (EDN-RES) BETWEEN: SRI NAGARAJU S/O SHARANAPPA AGED ABOUT 19 YEARS, RESIDING AT LINGAPPANADODDI, LINGAPPANADODDI BIDADI HOBLI, KODIYALA KARENAHALLI POST, RAMANAGAR – 562 109 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. OM KUMAR R, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, M S BUILDING , BENGALURU – 560 001. 2. KARNATAKA SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY 5TH CROSS, MALLESHWARAM BANGALORE – 560 003. 3. THE PRINCIPAL MORARJI DESAI RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL- BC BYRAMANGALA, RAMANAGAR, RAMANAGARA TALUK AND DISTRICT – 562 109. 4. DEPARTMENT OF PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION REPRESENTED BY ITS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, 18TH CROSS,SAMPIGE ROAD, MALLESHWARAM BENGALURU – 560 003. Digitally signed by NANDINI D Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:11597 WP No. 29875 of 2024 5. THE PRINCIPAL GOVT. PU COLLEGE, KAGGALIPURA, KAGGALIPURA MAIN ROAD, BANGALORE – 560 082. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT B SUKANYA BALIGA, AGA FOR R1, R2, R4 AND R5; SRI SIDDARTH BABU RAO, ADV. FOR R3) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS TO CHANGE THE FATHER’S NAME OF THE PETITIONERS AS SHARANABASAPPA IN PLACE OF SHARANAPPA IN THEIR RECORDS AND ALSO TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE PETITIONER’S FATHER’S NAME IN THE SSLC AND PUC MARKS CARD AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR ORAL ORDER In this petition, petitioner seeks for a direction to the respondents to change the name of the petitioner’s father as ‘Sharanabasappa’ instead of ‘Sharanappa’ in their records pertaining to the petitioner by making necessary corrections in the Marks Cards, Certificates etc., issued by the respondents in favour of the petitioner. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:11597 WP No. 29875 of 2024 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for respondent Nos.1, 2, 4 and 5 and learned counsel for respondent No.3 and perused the material on record. 3. In addition to reiterating the various contentions urged in the petition and referring to the material on record, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that due to inadvertence on the part of the parents of the petitioner while admitting him to the school, the name of the petitioner’s father had been incorrectly shown as ‘Sharanappa’ instead of ‘Sharanabasappa’ and in order to avoid future complications petitioner had approached the respondents seeking correction of the name of his father in the marks cards, certificates, etc., by enclosing relevant document. Since, the respondents refused to consider the representation, the petitioner is before this Court by way of the present petition. 4. Per contra, learned AGA and learned counsel for the respondent submits that there is no merit in the petition and that the same is liable to be dismissed. 5. The material on record clearly establishes that father of the petitioner has sworn to an affidavit stating that his actual name is ‘Sharanabasappa’ and not ‘Sharanappa’, which is sufficient to - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:11597 WP No. 29875 of 2024 indicate that the actual name of the petitioner’s father is ‘Sharanabasappa’ and not ‘Sharanappa’ as wrongly and incorrectly stated in the Certificates, Marks Cards, etc., of the petitioner. Under these circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits / demerits of the rival contentions, I deem it just and appropriate to dispose of this petition by directing the respondents to rectify the father’s name of the petitioner in all his educational records. 6. In the result, I pass the following: ORDER (i) The petition is hereby allowed. (ii) Respondents are directed to change the name of the petitioner’s father as ‘Sharanabasappa’ instead of ‘Sharanappa’ in all their records pertaining to the petitioner by making necessary corrections in the Marks Cards, Certificates etc., issued by the respondents in favour of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible without any delay. Sd/- (S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE SV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 32