JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the respondent to consider Exts.P1, P7 and P8 as a substitute to the birth certificate of the petitioner, and to consider Ext.P12 application seeking Passport again, and for other related reliefs. Material facts for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows:

2. Petitioner completed her post graduation in June, 2016, evident from Ext.P6. She is keenly interested in pursuing her graduation in U.S.A., where her father and two elder brothers have been living for several years. Petitioner was advised by her parents and brothers to take a Passport, for which petitioner made enquiries with the respondent. The pre-requisite for a Passport is birth certificate of the petitioner. When this pre-requisite was brought to the notice of the father of the petitioner, he immediately came down to India from U.S.A. Parents of the petitioner, left with no other option, informed the petitioner that they are not her biological parents and the petitioner is their foster daughter. Petitioner was informed by her parents that they received petitioner from one Smt. Saudamini, who is a social worker. The said social worker infor