( 1 ) THIS petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution is filed by Bhavin Natvarlal Patel through his sister and Power of Attorney Holder Vaishali Natvarlal Patel for change of birth date from June 23, 1975 to June 23, 1978 in the petitioners passport.

( 2 ) PETITIONER Bhavin Natvarlal Patel was granted a passport on February 12, 1982 and thereafter another passport was issued on December 10, 1991 with validity period upto December 9, 2001. In the aforesaid passports, the petitioners birth date was mentioned as June 23, 1975. The petitioner submitted that the birth date as mentioned in these passports was on the strength of School Leaving Certificate, wherein the petitioners birth date was mentioned as June 23, 1975, but the correct birth date is June 23, 1978 as mentioned in the birth certificate issued by the Ahmedabad municipal Corporation. The petitioner had, therefore, requested the passport authority to grant fresh passport with correct birth date as June 23, 1978, as per the birth certificate issued by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, but the passport authority required a Court order and hence, the present petition is filed.

( 3 ) THIS Court issued notice t