IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C) No. 12752 of 2007(R)
1. JOHN FRANCY, KODAMULLIL HOUSE,
... Petitioner
2. PUSHPA RANI FRANCY @ ALPHONASA GEORGE,
Vs
1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY
... Respondent
2. THE CHIEF REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS AND
3. THE DISTRICT REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS
4. THE REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS,
For Petitioner :SRI.K.BABU THOMAS
For Respondent :SRI.V.M.KURIAN
The Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN
Dated :11/06/2007
O R D E R
S. SIRI JAGAN, J.
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W.P.(C)NO. 12752 OF 2007
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DATED THIS THE 11th DAY OF JUNE, 2007
JUDGMENT
The petitioners seek correction of the name of their child in the
birth register. The learned counsel for respondents 2 to 4 makes
available to me a copy of the application form submitted by the 1st
petitioner himself for extract from the register – births in which the 1st
petitioner himself has given the name of the child as ‘John Francy’,
which he now seeks corrected as ‘Allen John Francy’. Therefore, it is
clear that the entry in the birth register is not by mistake but as per
the information supplied by the petitioners themselves. That being so,
the remedy available to the petitioner is to change the name of the
child by publishing in the official gazette.
In the above circumstances, there is no merit in the writ petition
and accordingly, the same is dismissed.
S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE
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