HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 32539 of 2026 Court No. - 38 HON'BLE VINOD DIWAKAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State, and perused the record. 2. The present petition has been preferred seeking a direction to the respondents to correct the name of the petitioner from "Mohammad Humza" to "Mohammad Hamza", and also to correct the name of his father, which has been wrongly entered in the educational documents as "Gayasuddin" in place of "Gayasuddin Khan". 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aforesaid discrepancy in the spelling of the petitioner's name, as well as the incomplete recording of his father's name, is purely clerical in nature and has occurred inadvertently at the time of preparation of the educational records. It is further submitted that the petitioner has already submitted representations before the respondent authorities in this regard, but the same have neither been considered nor decided till date, thereby compelling the petitioner to approach this Court. 4. In view of the facts and circumstances stated above, the present petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation before the respondents, after complying with the requisite procedure prescribed for correction of name/father's name in the educational records, within a period of one month from today. 5. In case such representation is filed within the aforesaid period of one month, the respondents shall consider and decide the same expeditiously, Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Avinash Kumar, Ram Asre Counsel for Respondent(s) : Mohammad Hamza .....Petitioner(s) Chairman National Institute Of Open Schooling And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) and in any case within a period of one month from the date of filing thereof, after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, in accordance with law. 6. It is further provided that if any delay has occasioned in filing the representation beyond the statutory period prescribed therefor, the same shall stand condoned, provided the representation of the petitioner for correction of name is filed within one month from today, after complying with the requisite procedural formalities. September 18, 2026 Anil K. Sharma WRIC No. 32539 of 2026 2 (Vinod Diwakar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANIL KUMAR SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad