JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Mohd. Aman Khan, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State.

2. Present writ petition is filed by the petitioner Shivanya Pandey praying that respondent no.2 Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Allahabad (U.P.) (U.P. Board) may be directed by this Court to change name and gender of the petitioner in her matriculation mark-sheet and thereafter, respondent no.3 Council for the Indian Schools Examination, New Delhi (CISE Board) may also change the name and gender in the mark-sheet of intermediate of the petitioner. Further a mandamus is also sought commanding the respondent no. 2 and 3 respectively to amend their regulations and guidelines with regard to change of gender and names.

3. Facts of the case are that petitioner with her earlier name as Vikas Pandey and gender as male appeared and passed High School on 10.06.2011 from the Children Academy Public School, Lucknow affiliated to the U.P. Board and Intermediate in the year 2013 from the Lucknow Public Collegiate, Lucknow affiliated to the CISE Board. Petitioner was suffering from gender dysphoria and, therefore, underwent gender reassignment surgery on 23.10.2017 fr