Allahabad High Court
RAJ VIKARAM SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA
Holding
The court directed the education authority to investigate the claim, obtain the correct name from the issuing body, and correct the certificates if the petitioner's contention is upheld.
Summary
The petitioner, Raj Vikaram Singh, who passed her High School Examination in 2021, discovered that her mother's name was incorrectly entered as "Amamika Singh" in her Class XII and Migration Certificates, while the correct name "Anamika Singh" appears on the High School mark sheet. She filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to correct the error. The court found the grievance genuine and noted that respondent No.2 (the education authority) was willing to examine the matter. The petition was disposed with specific directions: respondent No.2 must consider the petitioner's application, obtain the correct name from respondent No.3 within three weeks, and, if the petitioner's claim is substantiated, correct the certificates and deliver them within two months. The order sets clear timelines for the entire correction process.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to a correction of her mother's name in the Class XII and Migration Certificates under administrative law
Subjects
- certificate correction
- educational records
- writ petition
- administrative law
- right to correct personal data
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 10233 of 2026
Raj Vikaram Singh
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and 2 others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jay Shanker, Sunil Kumar Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Hridai Narain Pandey
Court No. - 37
HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J.
1. Heard Shri Sunil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner,
learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.1 and Shri H.N. Pandey,
learned counsel for respondent No.2.
2. In view of the order being passed, it is not necessary to issue notice to
respondent No.3.
3. The petitioner passed High School Examination from S.R. International
School, Bareilly in the year 2021. Her mother's name is "Anamika Singh",
correctly indicated in the High School Marksheet, however, the grievance
is that in the Certificate of Class XII and Migration Certificate, mother's
name is erroneously entered as "Amamika Singh".
4. This writ petition has been filed seeking a direction for the respondent
No.3 to correct the name of petitioner's mother in the aforesaid
certificates.
5. Learned counsel for respondent No.2 very fairly submits that grievance
of the petitioner appears to be genuine and he requests the Court to
dispose of the writ petition with the direction to the respondent No.2 to
look into the matter and after calling upon the report from the respondent
No.3 to issue a direction to decide the matter at the level of Authority of
the respondent No.2 within a short period of time.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is
disposed of with the following directions:-
WRIC No. 10233 of 2026
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(i). The respondent No.2 shall immediately take up the
petitioner's application (Annexure No.5) to the writ petition for
consideration;
(ii) It shall call upon the respondent No.3 to submit relevant
documents indicating the name of the petitioner's mother in its
records within a period of three weeks from the date of
intimation;
(iii). As soon as the documents are received from respondent
No.3, the Competent Authority of respondent No.2 shall pass
appropriate orders;
(iv). In case the petitioner's contention is found to be correct,
necessary correction shall be immediately incorporated in the
Certificate of Class XII and Migration Certificate and the same
shall be served upon the petitioner either by the registered post
or on his approaching the concerned office of the respondents
or through Principal of the Institution;
(v). The entire exercise shall be completed within a period of
two months from today.
(Kshitij Shailendra,J.)
March 18, 2026
Jyotsana
Digitally signed by :-
JYOTSANA SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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