JUDGMENT :

SHAJI P. CHALY, J.

This appeal is directed against the judgment of the learned Single Judge dated 29.05.2020 in W.P.(C) No. 10610 of 2020, whereby the writ petition was dismissed declining the relief sought for by the writ petitioner for a direction to the Passport Officer, Kollam Passport Seva Kendra, Kollam, to carry out the correction of date of birth of the appellant in the passport.

2. Brief material facts for the disposal of the writ appeal are as follows:

The petitioner is holding an Indian passport bearing No.L 6693000. The last renewal of the passport was during the year 2014 and it is for the period from 20.02.2014 to 19.02.2024. Nowhere in the writ petition, the date of issuance of the passport to the appellant for the first time is mentioned, however to some extent it is discernible from Ext P1 copy of passport. The issue raised by the appellant was that his date of birth is wrongly shown in Ext.P1 passport as 20.01.1959, instead of the actual date of birth of 20.12.1965. It is the case of the appellant/writ petitioner that in all the relevant records, such as birth certificate, matriculation certificate, aadhar card, produced as Exts.P2 to P4, the date of birth