The petitioner, who had been separated by an order of divorce on mutual consent, has given birth to a child namely, Tavishi Perara on 23.04.2017. The birth of the child was through an intrauterine fertility treatment. The insemination was done with the help of a semen donor.

2. After birth of the child, the fourth respondent herein had issued a birth certificate for Tavishi Perara, in which the petitioner's name has been shown as mother of the child and Mr. Manish Madanpal Meena has been shown as father of the child. Since the said Mr. Manish Madanpal Meena is neither the father of Tavishi Perara nor the husband of the petitioner herein but only happened to extend some help to the petitioner in the hospital, the petitioner had sought for rectification of birth certificate by having the name of Mr. Manish Madanpal Meena removed. However, by an order dated 04.09.2017, passed by the first respondent, the petitioner's request was rejected on the ground that the mistakes and errors in the names of the father alone can be rectified and removal of the name from the birth certifi