Shajan Swell Stephan v. The Regional Passport Officer

O R D E R The present Writ Petition has been filed seeking a Mandamus as against the respondents to re-issue the passport with correct date of birth of the the petitioner within the time stipulated by this Court, based upon his representation dated 11.02.2025.

¶2The petitioner was initially issued with passport on 27.07.2018. In the said passport the date of birth of the writ petitioner is incorporated as

10.06.1997. Due to a complaint lodged with regard to scam in issuance of passport, a Memo was issued to the writ petitioner. Pursuant to which, he had appeared before the Passport Officer and he had submitted his passport to the first respondent. Thereafter, the present writ petition has been filed seeking to alter his date of birth from 10.06.1997 to 15.04.2001. A perusal of the passport reveals that it is valid up to July 2028.

¶3According to the learned counsel appearing for the writ petitioner, the petitioner's other documents namely, PAN Card, Voter ID Card, Transfer Certificate, Birth Certificate and Higher Secondary Mark Statement and Aadhar Card reflect the correct date of birth i.e., 15.04.2001. However, by mistake, at the time of taking the initial passport wrong date of birth was incorporated and therefore, he has now made a request to the respondent to re-issue the passport with correct date of birth.

¶4In view of the above said facts, the petitioner is directed to approach the first respondent with all the original records. The first respondent shall verify the original records and thereafter, on being satisfied with the correct date of birth as 15.04.2001 shall re-issue passport. The said exercise shall be completed within a period of eight seeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

¶5With the above said observation, this Writ Petition stands disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

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¶1The Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Bharathi Ula Veethi, Race Course Road, Madurai – 625 002.

¶2The Inspector of Police, "Q" Branch CID, Madurai City. R.VIJAYAKUMAR,J. ebsi W.P(MD)No.6940 of 2025

23.01.2026

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 23.01.2026 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR W.P(MD)No.6940 of 2025 Shajan Swell Stephan ... Petitioner Vs. 1. The Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Bharathi Ula Veethi, Race Course Road, Madurai – 625 002. 2. The Inspector of Police, "Q" Branch CID, Madurai City. (R2 is suo motu impleaded vide order of this Court dated 19.08.2025 in W.P(MD) No.6940 of 2025) ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to correct the petitioner's date of birth in his passport (Passport No.S3523027) and to re-issue the passport within the time stipulated by this Court based on his representation dated 11.02.2025. For Petitioner : Mr.S.Muniyandi For R1 : Mr.R.Ganesh Kumar Central Government Standing Counsel For R2 : M/s.M.Aasha Government Advocate (Crl.Side)