ORDER :

The petitioners are calling in question order dated 12-01-2022 passed by the 1st respondent/Joint Secretary and Chief Passport Officer, Ministry of External Affairs declining to grant an Indian passport to the 1st petitioner and have further sought quashment of a Surrender Certificate dated 22-05-2015 issued by the 5th respondent/Consulate General of India, Toronto and a consequential mandamus directing the 2nd respondent/Regional Passport Officer, Bengaluru to issue a valid Indian Passport to the 1st petitioner. In this order, for the sake of convenience 1st petitioner will be referred to as the son; 2nd petitioner as mother/wife and Sri Selvakumar Balasubramanian as the father/husband.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts germane for a consideration of the lis, are as follows:-

The 2nd petitioner/wife gets married to one Sri Selvakumar Balasubramanian/husband on 4-11-2005. Both the husband and wife were Indian Citizens, residing in India. From the wedlock a son is born on 5-03-2008 in India – the 1st petitioner. It appears that the husband decides to relocate to Canada