1. Affidavit-of-service is taken on record.

2. Despite service none appears for respondent no.6.

3. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition alleging inaction on part of the respondent- municipality in not taking any steps to effect the change of surname of her minor son in the birth certificate, despite repeated requests and submission of documents before the authorities.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner’s marriage with the private respondent was solemnized on 08.05.2017 under the provision of Special Marriage Act. During the subsistence of the marriage the petitioner was allegedly driven out of her matrimonial home by the private respondent when she was three months pregnant. Leaner Counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner gave birth to a male child on 27.02.2019. A birth certificate was issued by the municipality wherein the child’s surname was recorded as that of his father. The marriage between the parties was subsequently di