1. Petitioner wants to change his date of birth as recorded in his passport from 15th August, 1950 to 15th August, 1953. This is peculiar as the petitioner had thought and had asked for change of his date of birth, allegedly on the basis of school certificate of Vth Class, after he has already retired from service. It is not possible to decipher what advantage the petitioner may gain by changing his date of birth. However, I need not go into the said aspect in detail, as the only question involved in the present writ petition is whether the respondents can consider and examine the request of the petitioner for change of date of birth as recorded in his passport.

2.The respondents in the counter affidavit have relied upon 29th

Circulars dated 18th April, 2001 and October, 2007. Relevant portions of the said Circulars read as under:-

Circular dated 18.04.2001 on the basis of a supportive document issued by one competent authority i.e. School/educational

authority and the applicant subsequently requests for a change on the basis of a certificate issued by another competent authority i.e. municipal authorities resulting in conflicting sources of valid proof, the PIA should direct