IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.30091 of 2024 Dated:05.05.2026 Between:

Mohammed Mujahid Ali …Petitioner AND The Regional Passport Officer, D.No.5-2-215 to 218, Adjacent to Prashanth Theatre Kummarguda, Secunderabad and another …Respondents

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to Respondent No.2 to correct the petitioner’s date of birth in the passport from 15.08.1980 to 15.07.1985, based on the SSC Memo and Birth Certificate bearing Reg.No.64, dated 20.04.2023 issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Luxettipet Municipality, Mancherial District and also seeks to quash the rejection letter dated

06.06.2024, whereby the request for correction was rejected.

2. Heard Mr.Md.Fasiuddin, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Arvind Kumar Kata, learned Standing Counsel for the Central Government appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2.

Perused the record.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that on 3^rd April, 2011, he filed an application for renewal of his passport at the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS), Riyadh. Upon issuance of the renewed passport by the Embassy of India, Riyadh,