JUDGMENT :

(Prathiba M. Singh, J.) :—

This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The present petition has been filed by Petitioner No. 1/Ms. Smita Maan and her minor son - Vedant Singh Maan/Petitioner No. 2 seeking the deletion of the name of the father of the minor child/Petitioner No. 2 from his existing passport or in the alternative, the Petitioner seeks re-issuance of a fresh passport to the minor child/Petitioner No. 2 without mentioning the name of the father therein.

3. The Petitioner No. 1 was married on 9th December, 2012 and conceived a child/Petitioner no. 2 from the said wedlock. However, the case of the Petitioner No. 1 is that the husband had deserted her during the pregnancy itself i.e., with effect from 19th August, 2013. The Petitioner No. 2/minor son was thereafter born on 19th March, 2014 and since then has been raised by Petitioner No. 1 as a single parent. In terms of the extant Passport Manual and Regulations, in 2015, Petitioner No. 1 had applied for a passport for Petitioner no. 2/minor son which was issued to him on 23rd September 2015 bearing no. N3138881. In the said passport, the names of both the biological father and mother of the minor child we