K.S. Radhakrishnan, CJ.—The Regional Passport Officer, Ahmedabad, aggrieved by certain directions and observations made by the learned Single Judge in Special Civil Application No. 2716 of 2006 and connected matters, reported in 2006(2) GLR 1165, has come up with these appeals - Letters Patent Appeal Nos. 1673 of 2006 and connected matters. Letters Patent Appeal No. 100 of 2008 and connected matters have also been filed by the same Officer, aggrieved by the directions issued by another learned Single Judge in Special Civil Application No. 3907 of 2006 and connected matters(reported in 2006(2) GLR 1208), seeking some modifications.

2. The issue involved in all these cases is either with regard to the correction of date of birth, place of birth or name entered in various Passports issued to the parties. Learned Single Judges, after referring to the instructions issued by the Ministry of External Affairs vide No. VI/401/2/5/2001 dated 18.4.2001, Division Bench judgment of the Bombay High Court in Jigar Harish Shah vs. Union of India and Anr., AIR 2001 Bombay 60 and also another decision of this Court in Prashant Vinodbhai Acharya vs. Regional Passport Officer, 2004(1) GLR 212,