SHAYAN AMIR vs CBSE & ORS.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on:27.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on:05.05.2026 + W.P.(C) NO. 5617/2026 SHAYAN AMIR ...Petitioner Through: Mr Faiyaz Hasan, Mr. Nadeem Khan, Advs. versus CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (CBSE) & ORS. ...Respondent Through: Mr. M.A. Niyazi Adv. SC for CBSE with Ms. Anamika Ghai Niyazi. Ms. Kirti Bharadwaj Adv., Ms. Nehmat Sethi Adv., Mr. Adnan Naqash Adv. for R-1. Adv. Siddhant Nath (Standing Counsel MCD), Adv. Bhavishya Makhija, Adv. Amaan Khan, Advs. for R-2. Mr. Puneet Mittal, Senior Advocate with Ms. Sakshi Mendiratta, Advocate for R- 3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH JUDGMENT Digitally Signed By:MAYANK Signing Date:05.05.2026 W.P. (C) No. 5617/2026 Page 1 of 6 17:02:07 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has approached this Court to seek directions against the respondent No. 1 i.e., Central Board of Secondary Education (“CBSE”) to correct the date of birth of the petitioner in the Class Xth Certificate from 01.10.2003 to 01.10.2002. BRIEF FACTUAL BACKGROUND AS PER THE PETITIONER 2. The petitioner was born on 01.10.2002 at Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi and his father applied for the issuance of the birth certificate from the respondent No. 2/MCD, which was duly issued showing the date of birth of the petitioner as 01.10.2002. 3. The petitioner was issued a birth certificate by the Government of State of Uttar Pradesh erroneously mentioning his date of birth as 01.10.2003, on the basis of which the petitioner’s uncle admitted him to Delhi Public School, GBN Noida, and subsequently the petitioner appeared for Class Xth Examination conducted by the respondent No. 1, and in the Class Xth certificate the date of birth of the petitioner was recorded as 01.10.2003. 4. Recently, the