Rajive Bhalla, J.

1. The petitioner, prays for the issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction especially in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the order dated 22.8.2007, passed by respondent No. 2, declining to vary/make a correction in the petitioners Passport.

2. The petitioner was issued Passport bearing No. B0886182 on 13.10.1999, valid upto 12.10.2009 showing his date of birth as 23.7.1962. The said entry was made on the basis of an entry in his matriculation certificate. The petitioner applied for permanent immigration to the United States. The US Embassy, New Delhi required the petitioner to submit an authenticated document as to his date of birth. The petitioner, applied for issuance of a birth certificate before the Registrar of Births and Deaths. On receipt of the aforementioned certificate, the petitioner realised that his date of birth, as recorded in the Births and Deaths register was 26.5.1962 and not 23.7.1962, as entered in his matriculation certificate. Consequently, the petitioner applied to the Passport Officer, Jalandhar, for a correction of the entry regarding his date of birth, in his Passport. As the authority failed to decide the applicat