( 1 ) THE petitioner-Noormohammadbhai Kasambhai Vora, resident of Golden Society, Bhalej Road, Anand, Dist. Kheda, is an Indian National and a citizen of India.

( 2 ) BY invoking jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 r/w. Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India; especially Section 5 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the petitioner has prayed for certain reliefs which are mentioned in the petition.

( 3 ) IT is also relevant to note that this Court, to meet with the ends of justice, can grant any appropriate relief in view of nature of dispute brought before the Court and by the main relief the petitioner is trying to see that his wife-Anilabanu is conferred with the citizenship of India. Undisputedly, till the date of filing of the petition on 25th August, 2003, no such formal citizenship was conferred upon Anilabanu though she is a legally wedded wife of the petitioner since 1980.

( 4 ) TO appreciate the say of the parties placed before the court, certain facts are required to be stated in brief, which are as under :1. The petitioner is the husband and the relief is prayed for his wife-Anilabanu. The petitioner married