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DEVASHIS BARUAH
Bevin Basumatary – Appellant
Versus
Cotton University – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Devashis Baruah, J.) : –
1. Heard Mr. P. R. Sarma, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. P. D. Nair, the learned Standing Counsel, Cotton University appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 & 2.
2. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner being aggrieved by the inaction of the respondent No. 2 to change the name of the petitioner from Bandana Basu-matary to Bevin Basumatary in his Mark Sheet for the M.A. (Economics) course.
3. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is a post-graduate degree holder in M.A. (Economics) from Cotton College (now Cotton University) and he is presently unemployed. The petitioner was born as a female and was named as Bandana Basumatary. Over the years there are certain physical and mental changes in the petitioner resulting in a medical opinion given by Dr. Jayashree Das, Consultant Clinical Psychologist wherein it was opined that the petitioner, aged 26 years, was born of a female sex but since childhood, the petitioner identified as a male and wished to be perceived as a male. For the purpose of the instant dispute, the relevant part of the said opinion so given by Dr. Jayashree Das is reproduced her
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