Patna High Court
Prashant RajakversusThe Union of India
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- AJIT KUMAR
Holding
The Court held that the petitioner must approach the UIDAI Regional Office for correction, and therefore the writ petition was disposed without a court‑directed amendment.
Summary
Petitioner Prashant Rajak filed a writ petition seeking correction of his date of birth on his Aadhaar card from 24-07-2008 to 24-07-2007, citing his matriculation certificate. He alleged that his earlier application to UIDAI was not considered. The Union of India, represented by UIDAI officials, contended that the petitioner could appear before the Director of the UIDAI Regional Office, Patna, and that correction would be made upon production of the required statutory documents. The Court observed that many similar cases burden the judiciary and emphasized that the statutory correction procedure should be followed. Accordingly, the Court directed the petitioner to approach the UIDAI Regional Office within one week for the correction and disposed of the writ petition.
Issues considered
- Whether the court can directly order correction of the date of birth in the Aadhaar database.
- Whether the petitioner must first approach UIDAI and comply with statutory documentary requirements for correction.
Subjects
- Aadhaar
- date of birth correction
- UIDAI
- writ petition
- administrative procedure
- civil writ jurisdiction
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2736 of 2026
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Prashant Rajak Son of Ranjeet Rajak, R/o Village Parbati Kashichak, P.S.
Nawada, Dist.- Nawada, Bihar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.
2. The Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,
Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003.
3. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Through its Chief
Executive Officer, Bangla Sahib Road, New Delhi- 110001.
4. The Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI), Bangla Sahib Road, New Delhi- 110001.
5. The Director, UIDAI Regional Office, 4th Floor, Lalit Bhawan, Bailey
Road, Patna.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Dhananjay Kumar
For the Union of India : Mr.Saradha Suman
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 16-03-2026 In the instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the
following relief(s):-
“(a) For a direction upon the
Respondent Authorities to make
correction against Date of Birth, which
should be "24.07.2007" to his
AADHAR card bearing AADHAR
number 810474891752 in accordance
with matriculation certificate.
(b) To pass such other
order(s), direction(s) as your Lordships
may deem fit and proper in the facts
and circumstances of the case.”
2. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the correct
date of birth of the petitioner is 24.07.2007, but in the Aadhar
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database, it has been wrongly recorded as 24.07.2008, and the
petitioner is said to have made an application before the
authorities, but for reasons unexplained, the same has not been
considered.
3. On the other hand, counsel for the Union of India
submits that the petitioner with representation may appear
before the Director, UIDAI Regional Office, 4th Floor, Lalit
Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna, on any working day, and the
necessary correction in the Aadhar database shall be made by
looking to the statutory documents, which are required for
necessary corrections.
4. It is a very sorry state of affairs, which this Court
has witnessed today, that in so many cases, for correction of date
of birth, the applicants are forced to knock the doors of this
Court. It is expected that the Director, UIDAI Regional Office,
Patna, would issue appropriate instruction to the persons who
are dealing with such issues, so that this Court is unnecessary
not burdened with such petitions where, for correction of date of
birth, the statutory requirement of documents are already being
fulfilled and the persons who are at the helm of affairs are to
carry out the formalities, and accordingly, the necessary
corrections are required to be made in the Aadhar database,
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which somewhere is not being addressed properly.
5. Considering the nature of relief sought, this Court
finds it appropriate to direct this petitioner to approach the
Director, UIDAI Regional Office, Patna, within a period of one
week, and on his appearance it is expected that necessary
corrections shall be made looking to the nature of the document,
which is required for making such corrections.
6. With the above observations, the instant writ
petition stands disposed of.
(Ajit Kumar, J)
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