# MANJIT KAUR vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-05-22
Citation: CWP 21222/2025
Petitioner: MANJIT KAUR
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

CWP-21222-2025 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 217 CWP-21222-2025 (O&M) Date of decision:22.05.2026 Manjit Kaur ..…Petitioner Versus Union of India and another ..…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. B. D. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ashutosh Dhankar, Sr. Panel Counsel for the respondents-UOI. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (ORAL) Prayer in the instant writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for setting aside the action of the respondents, whereby the application filed by the petitioner for re-issuance of the passport by correcting her date of birth was declined. 1.1 A further prayer has been made in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to re-issue the passport of the petitioner with her correct date of birth as 21.06.1963. 2. Today, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents- Union of India informs the Court that presently no application for re- issuance of the passport of the petitioner is pending before the passport authority. However, he submits that in case the petitioner submits a fresh application for re-

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