M/L 18 06.04.2026 Court. No. 25 suvayan WPA 5007 of 2026 Rumpa Majumdar Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sattwik Bhattacharyya Mr. Aashutosh Bhattacharyya …for the petitioner. Mr. Debnarayan Banerjee …for the State. 1. The petitioner has filed the present writ application praying for a direction upon the respondent no. 3 i.e. the Sub-Registrar (Birth and Death), New Town Kolkata Development Authority, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal for correction of the name of the petitioner in the Birth Certificate of her son Ayansh Das. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the Birth Certificate of the son of the petitioner the name of the petitioner is recorded as ‘Rumpa Majumdar Das’ but the actual name of the petitioner is ‘Rumpa Majumdar’ and as such the petitioner intend that the surname ‘Das’ which is appearing in the Birth Certificate of the son of the petitioner is to be deleted. He further submits that to the said effect the petitioner has also affirmed an affidavit before the First Class Judicial Magistrate at Barrackpore and has also disclosed all the documents that is the passport, aadhaar card, PAN card, certificate of marriage and other documents and the paper 2 publication wherein the name of the petitioner is recorded as ‘Rumpa Majumdar’. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in spite of receipt of the representation dated February 6, 2026 the authorities have not considered the request of the petitioner for correction of the name of the petitioner in the Birth Certificate of her son. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents submits that as the petitioner already made a representation by disclosing all the documents along with the affidavit and paper publication, if a direction issued to the respondent no. 3, the respondent no. 3 shall consider and pass appropriate order. 5. Considered the submission made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, this Court finds that no purpose would be served by keeping the writ petition pending. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondent no. 3 or the respondent no. 2 who are the competent authority shall consider the representation of the petitioner dated February 6, 2026 for correction of the name of the petitioner in the Birth Certificate of her son Ayansh Das within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of this order. 7. As the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of motion no affidavit is called for, the allegation made in the writ application deemed to have been denied. 3 8. Urgent Xerox certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities. (Krishna Rao, J.)