INDRAJIT BAIRAGI Vs. DIRECTOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner in this WP under Article 226 of the Constitution of India dated December 23, 2013 is questioning a decision of the Director of Health Services & Chief Registrar of Births & Deaths dated September 03, 2013 (WP p.22) that unless the adoption order is produced it will not be possible for him to correct the birth certificate of the child adopted by him (the petitioner).

(2.) RELYING on a circular of the Registrar General, India dated March 12, 2012 (WP p.24), Ms.Zinu, advocate for the petitioner, has submitted that the authority was wrong in saying that unless an order showing adoption was produced the birth certificate of the child adopted by the petitioner could not be corrected.

(3.) FACED with the provisions of the circular, Mr.Tabraiz, appearing for the respondents, has found little to say in justification of the decision of the authority. The relevant parts of the circular of the Registrar General are quoted below: