C/SCA/1282/2026 ORDER DATED: 29/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1282 of 2026 ========================================== AYUB ALI IBRAHIM ALI SAIYED Versus SDMES BOYS ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL & ANR. ========================================== Appearance: MS. A. N. RAMNANI (14156) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR MUHAMMADMAAZ M PANAGAR(13088) for the Respondent No. 1 MR NIKUNJ KANARA AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 2 SAHIL Y PATEL(8985) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 TAHIR M KHAN(8984) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 29/04/2026 ORAL ORDER 1. RULE. Learned counsel waives service of notice of rule on behalf of respondent No.1 and learned Assistant Government Pleader waives service of notice of rule on behalf of respondent No.2. 2. With the consent of learned counsel for both the sides, the present petition is taken up for hearing and disposal. 3. Present petition is filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:- (A) Your Lordship will be pleased to admit this petition. (B) Your Lordship will be pleased to allow this petition by issuing a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ in the form of C/SCA/1282/2026 ORDER DATED: 29/04/2026 order or directions and be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to correct the typographical error which is reflected in the name of the petitioner as a father of minor son HAMZA and direct the respondent authorities to correct the spelling of name of the petitioner as “AYUB” which is incorrectly shown as “AIYUB” in the school records of the respondent No.1 authority. (C) Be pleased to grant any other and further relief as may be deemed just, fit and proper, looking to the facts of the case. 4. Short facts of the present petition are that the petitioner having son named Hamza, who is studying in Standard 6 with respondent NO.1 – school and it has come to the knowledge of the petitioner that his name in the school record and Birth Certificate of his son is shown as “AIYUB” instead of “AYUB”, for which the fresh birth certificate with correction in the name of the petitioner as “AYUB” was issued by the Registrar, Birth and Death, however, in the school record, his name was shown as AIYUB. 4.1 The petitioner had made an application for correction his name in the school records, but the same has returned back to the petitioner by the respondent – authority. 5. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the in action on the part of the respondent – authority, the present petition is filed. 6. Having heard learned counsel appearing for both the sides and considered the averments made in the petition and considered the various decisions of this Court, it appears that there is a spelling mistake in the name of the petitioner in the school record of his son and, therefore, he made an application for correction, but the same C/SCA/1282/2026 ORDER DATED: 29/04/2026 was not done and thereafter, he approached respondent No.2 but no action has been taken and therefore the petitioner has preferred this petition. Considering the facts of the case and various decisions of this Court, the petition deserves to be allowed. 7. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the petition is allowed. The respondent No.1 is directed to make appropriate correction in the school records of the son of the petitioner. Rule is made absolute to the aforesaid extent. Direct service is permitted. (HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK,J) V.R. PANCHAL Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: VIJAYKUMAR RAMESHBHAI PANCHAL(HC00171), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 29/04/2026 17:14:29