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WP No. 3360 of 2026

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 05-02-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

WP No. 3360 of 2026

AND

WMP NO. 3790 OF 2026

Sridhar Chakravarthy

S/o. E.R.Chakravarthy

and Care of Mr.Sunder Chakravarthy

328,Rainbow Drive, Sarjapur Main Road

Bengaluru-560 035.

Presently residing at Waldburg Strasse 119B

70563 Stuttgart, Germany.

..Petitioner(s)

Vs

1. The Commissioner

Greater Chennai Corporation

Ripon Building, EVR Salai

Chennai-600 003.

2. The Director / Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths

Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

359,Anna Salai, Chennai-600 006.

3. The City Health Officer

Greater Chennai Corporation

Ripon Building, EVR Salai

Chennai-600 003.

..Respondent(s)

PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India

praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records

connected to the letter dated 27.10.2025 vide reference No.Pothu

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Su.Thu,/Ma.Na.A(Pu.Vi)Na.Ka.No.1771/2025 issued by the 3^rd respondent and

letter dated 14.11.2025 vide reference R.No.12225997/SBHI-I/S1/2025 issued

by the 2^nd respondent and quash the same as arbitrary and illegal and

consequently directing the 2^nd and 3^rd respondents to enter the name of the

petitioner in the relevant column of the concerned Form in the Birth Register

and in the petitioners Birth Certificate vide Registration No.

COC/1970/HQ/091/000904/0 dated 06.7.1970 and pass orders.

For Petitioner(s): Mr.A.Ganapatheeswaran

For Respondent(s): Mr.A.Arun Babu

Standing Counsel for R1 to R3

ORDER

The writ petition has been filed seeking the following relief :

“ To issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the

records connected to the letter dated 27.10.2025 vide reference

No.Pothu Su.Thu,/Ma.Na.A(Pu.Vi)Na.Ka.No.1771/2025 issued by

the 3^rd respondent and letter dated 14.11.2025 vide reference

R.No.12225997/SBHI-I/S1/2025 issued by the 2^nd respondent and

quash the same as arbitrary and illegal and consequently directing

the 2^nd and 3^rd respondents to enter the name of the petitioner in the

relevant column of the concerned Form in the Birth Register and in

the petitioners Birth Certificate vide Registration No.

COC/1970/HQ/091/000904/0 dated 06.7.1970.”

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2. The petitioner is a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), who was born in India

on 31.05.1970. His birth was duly registered with the Greater Chennai

Corporation bearing Registration No.COC/1970/HQ/091/000904/0 dated

06.07.1970. However, on account of his employment he had moved to

Stuttgart, Germany, in the year 2017. Since, the petitioner have been in

continuous employment and residence at Stuttgart, Germany for the past 8

years, he had applied for German Citizenship in the year 2025. The Citizenship

Office at Stuttgart had asked the petitioner to produce his birth certificate for

administrative requirements. The petitioner, thereafter, had downloaded his

birth certificate from the web portal of Chennai Corporation. Upon receipt, he

had realized that his birth certificate did not have his name. The petitioner had

not faced any problem till date as concerning non-inclusion of his name in the

birth certificate, either at the time of pursuing his education or during his career.

When this was appraised by the petitioner before the Citizenship authorities at

Stuttgart, they confirmed once again that inclusion of name in the birth

certificate is mandatory in processing the citizenship application of the

petitioner.

3. Thereafter, the petitioner had made several attempts for inclusion of his

name in the birth certificate through Chennai Corporation's online portal. In

addition, he had also sent emails to the second respondent as well as Tamil

Nadu's Non-Resident Cell on 18.06.2025 and 16.07.2025. But his efforts did not

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