Rule. Respondents waive service. By consent, Rule made returnable forthwith.

By this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner has approached this Court praying that a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order or direction in the nature thereof be issued to the Respondents to rectify the Date of Birth in the Passport of the Petitioner.

2. The Petitioner is a citizen of India. He is permanent resident of Andheri, Mumbai. However, he made an application for issuance of Passport and accordingly, the Passport Authorities issued the Passport in his favour, details of which are disclosed in paragraph 2 of the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition then narrates as to how the Petitioner's Passport was renewed from time to time for a period of five years. The new Passport, details of which are set out in paragraph 4 of the Writ Petition, was issued by the Indian Embassy at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the Petitioner has annexed the first and last page of this Passport.

3. The Petitioner's case is that the Passport Authorities inserted his Date of Birth as 26.03.1955, however, his correct Date of Birth is 26.03.1958. He came to know about this mistake sometime