JUDGMENT :

V. Kameswar Rao, J.

CM No. 5393/2022

1. This application has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers :

“In view of the present facts and circumstances, it is most humbly and respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased:

(A) To Direct the Respondent No. 4 to issue "NOC" to the Applicant; and

(B) To Direct the Respondent No. 1 to 3 to issue a valid passport in the name of 'Trisha Ganjoo', while recording the name of Applicant and his wife as her 'Father' and 'Mother', on the passport; and

(C) Directing the Respondent No.5 to change the parentage of minor girl 'Trisha Ganjoo', while recording the Petitioner's name as 'Father' and his wife's name as 'Mother', on her Matriculation Certificate, without insisting for Gazette Notification and Newspaper publication or any other requirement; and

(D) Any other or such further order(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed.”

2. The writ petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for a direction against the Passport Authority for issuance of a passport to a minor girl Trisha Ganjoo (‘minor girl’ hereinafter) by recording the names of the petitioner and his wife as fat