V.Giri, J.

1. The contentions raised in these two Writ Petitions are common. The issue involved is also the same. Therefore, they have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. I will refer to the facts in W.P.(C)No.33729/08 in the first instance.

2. The petitioner applied for a passport on 29.04.2008 for Hajj pilgrimage. The earlier passport, which she held, had time expired. The petitioner was earlier married to one Beeran, but there was a divorce, on her husband pronouncing 'Talaq', in the year 1994. She then married Abdul Kareem, her present husband. She surrendered the old passport for a new passport. Obviously, the petitioner sought for a change of the name of her husband from Beeran to Abdul Kareem. The petitioner was asked to swear to an affidavit affirming that Fathima Beevi, as shown in the passport which had time expired, and Fathima Abdul Kareem, which is the name given by her in the application for the issuance of new passport, are one and the same. Ext.P2 affidavit was filed and it was attested by a notary public. The petitioner was then asked to produce an affidavit Annexure A. The said affidavit was filed as Ext.P4 and produced alo