APHC010695042025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3460]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 35898/2025 Between:

Swetha Pakaalapati, ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S)

Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M R K CHAKRAVARTHY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following:

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY W.P.No.35898 of 2025

O R DE R:

1. The Writ Petition is filed to declare the action of the Respondents in not considering the representations of the Petitioner dated 06.02.2023 and 29.05.2023 seeking correction of the name and gender of the Petitioner in the School Records and Educational Certificates as illegal and arbitrary.

2. The facts leading to filing of the Writ Petition are as follows: The Petitioner was born on 21.05.1986 to Sri Pakalapati Sitaramaiah and Smt. Annapurna in Guntur and was named „Lakshman Kumar Pakalapati.‟ The petitioner pursued schooling at Government Boys School at Guntur and had obtained a Secondary School Certificate vide Roll No. 1358295 in the