WRIT - C No. 35406 of 2025 at Allahabad

AFR Reserved on 03.11.2025 Delivered on 06.11.2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 35406 of 2025 Sharad Roshan Singh …..Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and 3 others …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashwani Kumar Sharma Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 32 HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J. 1. Petitioner before this Court is a Transgender person, as recognized under the provisions of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “Act, 2019”) read with Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 (hereinafter referred to as “Rules, 2020”). 2. The District Magistrate concerned in terms of Section 6 of Act, 2019 has issued a Certificate of Identity. Subsequently, petitioner has undergone a surgery to change gender (Female to Male) and further in terms of Section 7 of Act, 2019 read with Rule 6 of Rules, 2020 a Certificate was issued by District Magistrate concerned in a prescribed format. 2 Writ C No. 35406 of 2025 3. It is further case of petitioner that subsequently an application was filed to change the name in educational documents in terms of Rule 5(3) read with its Annexure-1. However,