Balakrishnan Nair, J.

The petitioners in these Writ Petitions are married ladies. Their husbands are working abroad. They are desirous of joining their husbands. It appears, for obtaining necessary travel documents, they are required to produce certificates showing registration of their marriage. In all these cases, the marriages took place as per the customary rites. In some of these cases, the solemnization of the marriage took place before the introduction of the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as "the Rules"). The marriages solemnized before or after the commencement of the Rules can be registered under the Rules. So, the petitioners moved the respective Local Registrars, appointed under Rule 5 of the Rules, by filing a memorandum in duplicate in Form No.I appended to the Rules. In these cases, except in W.P.(C) No.25707/2009, the memoranda submitted in Form No.I were not accepted by the respective Local Registrars, for the reason that they were not presented in person by the husband and wife. In W.P.(C) No.25707/2009, the memorandum in Form No.I was received, but the details of the marriage were not entered in the Regis