GURMEET KAUR vs THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-16109-2026(O&M) Date of decision: 21.05.2026 Gurmeet Kaur … Petitioner Versus The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Building, Sector-17, Chandigarh and another … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: Mr. Ravinder Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ujval Mittal, Advocate, for the respondents. *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking setting aside of order/letter dated 22.04.2026. She is further seeking direction to respondent to add/incorporate the surname/sub-caste “GILL” in the birth certificate/record of her minor son namely Rannvijay Singh. 2. The petitioner solemnized marriage on 25.01.2011 as per Sikh rites and ceremonies. Out of the wedlock one male child was born at Chandigarh on 22.06.2012. Her marriage came to be dissolved by divorce decree dated 06.12.2015 passed by Learned Additional District Judge, SAS Nagar, Mohali. As per decree, custody of the minor child was given to her. Father of the child expired on 04.08.2018. As per petitioner neither child’s father nor his family members were in t