{"id":5819,"date":"2010-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rekhaben-vs-state-on-2-february-2010"},"modified":"2018-05-24T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T18:22:15","slug":"rekhaben-vs-state-on-2-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rekhaben-vs-state-on-2-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"Rekhaben vs State on 2 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Rekhaben vs State on 2 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/321\/2010\t 7\/ 7\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 321 of 2010\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nREKHABEN\nW\/O SAMPATKUMAR RACHHADIYA D\/O CHHAGANBHAI KARSAN - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 2 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \n \n \n\n\n \n\nMR HARDIK\nD MUCHHALA for\nPetitioner(s) : 1, \nMR CB UPADHYAYA, ASST GOVERNMENT PLEADER for\nRespondent(s) : 1, \nRULE SERVED BY DS for Respondent(s) : 2 -\n3. \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 02\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>1.\tBy<br \/>\nway of present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of<br \/>\nIndia, the petitioner<br \/>\nhas inter alia prayed for quashing and setting aside the<br \/>\ncommunication\/decision dated 08th December 2009 at<br \/>\nAnnexure-G as well as for directing the respondent authority to<br \/>\ncorrect the date of birth of the petitioner as 05.06.1976 in the<br \/>\nbirth certificate instead of 17.07.1976 as per the representation<br \/>\ndated 07th December 2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tIt<br \/>\nis the case of the petitioner that due to inadvertence the date of<br \/>\nbirth of the petitioner was registered with the competent authority<br \/>\nat the relevant time by a family member as 17.07.1976 instead of<br \/>\n05.06.1976.  In pursuance of the same, the petitioner<br \/>\nmade a representation dated 07th December  2009 to the<br \/>\nrespondent authority, which ultimately came to be rejected vide order<br \/>\ndated 08th December 2009. Hence, this petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tMr.\n<\/p>\n<p>Hardik Muchhala, learned<br \/>\ncounsel appearing for the petitioner,<br \/>\nhas submitted that the impugned order passed by the<br \/>\nrespondent-authority is unjust and improper. The order passed by the<br \/>\nrespondent-authority is a non-speaking order. It is submitted that<br \/>\nthough the respondent-authority has statutory powers to correct the<br \/>\ndate of birth of the petitioner<br \/>\nin his Birth Certificate, till date the grievance of the petitioner<br \/>\nhas not been redressed.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.1\tThe<br \/>\nlearned counsel appearing for the petitioner<br \/>\nhas strongly relied upon the ratio of the decision rendered in the<br \/>\ncase of Nitaben Nareshbhai Patel v. State of Gujarat and<br \/>\nothers, reported in 2008(1) GLR 884, whereby this Court has<br \/>\nheld that the competent authority has powers to correct or cancel an<br \/>\nentry in the register of Births and Deaths.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.\tMr.\n<\/p>\n<p>C.B. Upadhyay, learned Assistant Government Pleader, has submitted<br \/>\nthat the order passed by the respondent-authority is just, proper and<br \/>\ncorrect. It is submitted that the petitioner filled in the form which<br \/>\nis signed by the petitioner himself. It is submitted that there is no<br \/>\ninfirmity in the order passed by the respondent-authority. In support<br \/>\nof his submissions, he has relied upon the decision of the Division<br \/>\nBench of this Court rendered in the case of Regional<br \/>\nPassport Officer v. Kokilaben, w\/o. Jaswantlal Panchal and others,<br \/>\nreported in 2009 (2) GLH 1246<br \/>\nand has submitted that the order impugned in this petition is just<br \/>\nand proper and the petitioner is not entitled to<br \/>\nany relief as prayed for in the petition and the same is required to<br \/>\nbe dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.\tHaving<br \/>\nconsidered the facts and circumstances of the case and<br \/>\nthe documents produced on record, it transpires that the date of<br \/>\nbirth of the petitioner in the Birth Certificate is mentioned as<br \/>\n17.07.1976 instead of 05.06.1976.  The petitioner<br \/>\nhad also made a representation dated 07th December 2009 to<br \/>\nthe respondent-authority for correction of the same and till date it<br \/>\nis continued. However, the respondent-authority has not appreciated<br \/>\nthe said aspect and has failed to exercise its powers conferred under<br \/>\nthe provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1969. At<br \/>\nthis stage, it would be beneficial to reproduce the relevant<br \/>\nparagraph Nos.15, 16 and 17 of the decision in the case of Nitaben<br \/>\nNareshbhai Patel (supra) which read as under :\n<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;15.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn<br \/>\nview of the above, it is clear that Section 29 of the Act of 1969<br \/>\nprotects provisions of earlier Act of 1886 and unambiguous language<br \/>\nof this section that nothing in the new Act is to be construed in<br \/>\nderogation of Act 6 of 1886 and Section 31 again makes it clear that<br \/>\nsubject to provisions of Section 29, the earlier Act shall stand<br \/>\nrepealed.  Thus, in the new Act earlier provisions with regard to<br \/>\ncorrection or cancellation of entry are<br \/>\nvery much in existence and remain unaffected to the extent provided<br \/>\nas above.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t16.\t\tTherefore,<br \/>\nSection 28 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act,<br \/>\n1886, Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969,<br \/>\nRule 12 of the erstwhile Registration of Birth and Deaths<br \/>\nRegistration Rules, 1973 as framed by the State Government on the<br \/>\nbasis of model Rules and Rule 11 of the Gujarat Registration of<br \/>\nBirths and Deaths Rules, 2004 now in force, along with the guidelines<br \/>\nof the Central Government and the State Government issued by the<br \/>\nRegistrar General of India and Registry of Births and Deaths, it is<br \/>\nclear that none of the above sections and rules and guidelines<br \/>\nrestrict the authority to correct any erroneous entry in form or<br \/>\nsubstance made in the register of births and deaths.  That, Act of<br \/>\n1969 clearly envisages that an Act is enacted to provide regulations<br \/>\nof births and deaths and for matters connected there with, while the<br \/>\nBirths, Deaths and Marriages Register Act, 1886 (now repealed) was<br \/>\nenacted to provide the voluntary registration of certain Births,<br \/>\nDeaths and Marriages.  Now in view of the decision of the Apex Court<br \/>\nfor compulsory registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages in the<br \/>\ncountry and  when there is clear jurisdiction vested with the<br \/>\nauthority concerned as envisaged under Section 15 coupled with Rule<br \/>\n11 of the State Rules and procedure explained in the guidelines,<br \/>\nthere is no room for doubt that authority has power to correct or<br \/>\ncancel the entries in the register of Births and Deaths.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t17.<br \/>\n\t\tWhen concerned authority fails to<br \/>\nexercise the power conferred by the statute and the person has legal<br \/>\nright under the statute, on demand denied by the authority illegally,<br \/>\nfor removing such illegality, writ of mandamus can certainly be<br \/>\nissued to such authority to act in accordance with the provisions of<br \/>\nthe statute.  Section 15 of the Act of 1969, read with Rule 11 of<br \/>\nRules of 2004 provide for the detailed procedure as held by the two<br \/>\nDivision Bench of this High Court, where proof to the satisfaction of<br \/>\nthe Registrar that any entry of birth and death in any register kept<br \/>\nby him under this Act is erroneous in form or substance or has been<br \/>\nfraudulently or improperly made, he may, subject to such rules as may<br \/>\nbe made by the State Government with respect to the conditions on<br \/>\nwhich and the circumstances on which such entries may be corrected or<br \/>\ncancelled correct the error or cancel the entry by suitable entry in<br \/>\nthe margin, without any alteration of the original entry and shall<br \/>\nsign the marginal entry and add thereto the date of the correction or<br \/>\ncancellation.  The above procedure envisages that competent authority<br \/>\nnamely Registrar or designated authority can hold reasonable inquiry<br \/>\nto ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the entry sought for and<br \/>\nif it is proved to his satisfaction about entry being erroneous in<br \/>\nform or substance or has been fraudulently or improperly made subject<br \/>\nto the provisions of rules and regulations the powers can be<br \/>\nexercised.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>6.\tIn<br \/>\nview of the above facts and circumstances of the case as well as in<br \/>\nlight of the aforesaid decision of this Court in the case of Nitaben<br \/>\nNareshbhai Patel (supra), the decision of the Division Bench<br \/>\nin the case of Regional Passport Officer (supra) cited<br \/>\nby the learned Assistant Government Pleader will not be applicable to<br \/>\nthe facts of the present case since in the present case the<br \/>\npetitioner had earlier approached the competent authority vide his<br \/>\nrepresentation dated 07th December 2009. Therefore, I am<br \/>\nof the opinion that when the petitioner had already approached the<br \/>\nrespondent-authority by way of filing application\/ representation<br \/>\ndated 07th December 2009,  the respondent-authority ought<br \/>\nto have exercised its powers conferred upon it. However, the<br \/>\nrespondent-authority has not exercised the powers vested in it and<br \/>\ntherefore, the order impugned in the present petition is required to<br \/>\nbe quashed and set aside and the respondent-authority is required to<br \/>\nbe directed to correct the date of birth of the petitioner as<br \/>\n05.06.1976 instead of 17.07.1976 in the birth certificate.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.\tFor<br \/>\nthe foregoing reasons, the present petition succeeds and is,<br \/>\naccordingly, allowed. The impugned order dated 08th<br \/>\nDecember 2009 passed by the respondent No.3 is hereby quashed and set<br \/>\naside. The respondent-authority is directed to carry out amendment in<br \/>\nthe register of Births and Deaths maintained by the<br \/>\nrespondent-authority by correcting the date of birth of the<br \/>\npetitioner as 05.06.1976 instead of 17.07.1976 within a period of<br \/>\nfour weeks from the date of receipt of writ of this Court and the<br \/>\npetitioner be provided with the amended Birth Certificate as<br \/>\naforesaid on his making application in the prescribed form and on his<br \/>\npayment of necessary fees, if any. Rule is made absolute accordingly.<br \/>\nDirect Service is permitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>(K.S.\n<\/p>\n<p>JHAVERI, J.)<\/p>\n<p>Divya\/\/<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Rekhaben vs State on 2 February, 2010 Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/321\/2010 7\/ 7 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 321 of 2010 ========================================================= REKHABEN W\/O SAMPATKUMAR RACHHADIYA D\/O CHHAGANBHAI KARSAN &#8211; Petitioner(s) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT &amp; 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rekhaben vs State on 2 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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