2023 Supreme(Telangana) 615
LALITHA KANNEGANTI
Sandepu Swaroopa – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, represented by the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development – Respondent
Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. M. Venkanna
ORDER :
This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following relief:
“ to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India declaring the inaction of the respondents in taking any action even after receiving the repeated representations of the petitioners dated 7.4.2019 onwards for their family social identity stating their new born child’s status of religion and caste as no religion and no caste in the birth certificate and the denial of the same is against the very secular spirit of the Indian Constitution apart from being violative of the Articles 14, 19 and 21 and also 25 of Constitution of India consequently direct the respondents to issue the certificate of “No Religion and No Caste” in all Birth Certificate forms which is an online Format to those who opt for it like the petitioners and also further direct the concern respondents to take steps and issue guidelines and make changes accordingly in the forms including on line formats that whenever any one applies like the petitioners they have to receive such application and have to record their identity with “No Religion and No Caste” as opted by
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