A.M. Shaffique, J.

1. These appeals are filed against the common judgment dated 16.10.2014 in W.P. (C). Nos. 21181/2014 and 17344/2014. By virtue of the impugned judgment, the learned Single judge while allowing the Writ Petitions directed the Passport Issuing Authority (for short 'PIA') to consider the application for correction of date of birth in the passport of the petitioners after declaring that Clause (c) of circular dated 29.10.2007 restricting the power of the PIA to correct the difference in date of birth beyond two years as void and inoperative. The respondents, being aggrieved by the aforesaid judgment, have approached this Court in these appeals. In fact, the learned Single Judge has decided the above cases along with a batch of other Writ Petitions. Since the impugned directions have been issued in the above Writ Petitions alone, only two appeals are filed. The facts involved in W.P.C. No. 21181/2014 are as under:

"Petitioner is the holder of Indian passport bearing No. K 6569671 which was renewed on 14.9.2012. The validity of the passport expires only on 13.09.2022. At the time of issuing the passport in 1992, the date of birth of the petitioner was entered as