- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:31888 WP No. 18415 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO. 18415 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: AARYA BANNETTI D/O MONAPPA BANNETTI. AGED ABOUT 8 YEARS, REPRESENTED BY LEGAL GUARDIAN MR. MONAPPA BANNETTI, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS BOTH RESIDING AT NO. 3, BHARATHI HOUSE, JALA HOBLI, YELAHANKA POST, BANGALORE NORTH, BANGALORE - 560 064. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. KESHAV M DATAR.,ADVOCATE) AND: THE UNION OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION OF INDIA GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BANGLA SAHIB ROAD, BEHIND KALI MANDIR, GOLE MARKET NEW DELHI - 110 001. REGIONAL OFFICE AT Digitally signed by VANAMALA N Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:31888 WP No. 18415 of 2025 UIDAI REGIONAL OFFICE, BENGALURU - 560 001 REP BY ITS CHAIRPERSON. KHANIJA BHAVAN, NO. 49, 3RD FLOOR, SOUTH WING RACE COURSE ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 001 REP BY ITS CHAIRPERSON. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. B S VENKATANARAYANA., CGC) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUITON OF IDNDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE RESPONDENT TO CORRECT AND RECTIFY THE NAME OF THE PETITIONER IN THE AADHAR CARD OF PETITONER FORM AARADHYA BANNETTI TO THAT OF AARYA BANNETTI VIDE ANNX-A. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD ORAL ORDER The petitioner is a minor girl, who is represented by her father, and the petition is for direction to the respondent to rectify her name in the - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:31888 WP No. 18415 of 2025 Aadhar Card. This Court on the previous hearing date, upon hearing both Sri Keshav M. Datar and Sri B.S. Venkatanarayana, the learned counsels for the parties, has framed the following question for consideration observing that even according to the respondents, if the change in the name as mentioned in the Aadhar Card is just a minor name change and not full name change, the petitioner’s father must only upload the request on the Aadhar Portal for just decision. "The question is whether correction from "Aaradhya Banneti" to "Aarya Bannetti" is a mere correction in the spelling [Minor Name Edit or Full Name Change]. If Sri Keshav M. Datar submits that the petitioner is not seeking a full name change but is only seeking for deletion of the letters 'adh' in the name as now mentioned in the Aadhar card, Sri B.S. Venkatanarayana refutes the same. This Court does - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:31888 WP No. 18415 of 2025 not find that the request on behalf of the petitioner is for 'a full name change'. The petitioner is mentioned as 'Aradhya Bannetti' and she wants her name to be mentioned as 'Aarya Bannetti' without the alphabets 'adh' in the middle and in support of her claim it is placed on record that all her credentials, including the Birth Certificate, mentions her name as 'Aarya Bannetti'. Therefore, a writ of mandamus is issued to the respondent to ensure that the petitioner's name is shown as 'Aarya Bannetti', with liberty to the petitioner to upload the request on the portal. The petitioner will be at liberty to upload the request as aforesaid within a week from today and the respondent is called upon to do the needful within the next six weeks. Sd/- (B M SHYAM PRASAD) JUDGE NV