IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.33977 of 2025

11.12.2025 Between:

Amrutha Yeleswarapu …Petitioner AND Union of India &another …Respondents

ORDER:

The petitioner challenges the action of respondent No.2 in issuing the impugned letter dated 19.09.2024, rejecting her request for correction of her date of birth in Passport No.Z4277052 (old) from 19.08.1994 to 19.08.1982, on the ground that such request cannot be entertained after five years from the date of issuance of the initial passport. The petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to consider her request without reference to the delay and in the light of earlier orders passed by this Court.

2. Heard Smt. Dr. M. Madhavi Latha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri. K.V. Rama Rao, learned Senior Standing Counsel for Central Government, for the respondents.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s correct date of birth is 19.08.1982, as reflected in her SSC Marks Memo and other educational records, and that the entry of 19.08.1994 in her initial passport was incorrect. She submits that while applying for re-issuan