IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 31692 OF 2025

22.04.2026 Between:

Munna Mohammed Ghouse & another ….. Petitioners And Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India & another ….. Respondents

O R D E R:

Heard Sri Zeeshan Adnan Mahmood, learned counsel for petitioners and Sri B. Narsimha Sharma, learned Additional Solicitor General on behalf of Respondent No.1 and learned Government Pleader for Revenue on behalf of Respondent No. 2.

2. The case of petitioners is that petitioner No.1, who is the mother of petitioner No.2, was born on 26.01.1963 at Hyderabad, Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh presently Telangana, India and is an Indian citizen by birth and holds an Indian Passport. On 17.06.1992, petitioner No.1 married Saeed Omer Ba Maher, who holds citizenship of Yemen. Petitioner No.2 was born on 25.11.1995 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia out of this lawful wedlock and he holds citizenship of Yemen.

2.1. It is the further case of petitioners that petitioner No.2 registered himself as an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder on 16.08.2017 under Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1