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Disregarding wide directions by the Karnataka High Court successful 2024 to allow parents to marque changes successful the sanction of children successful the commencement certificate, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) continues to cull specified applications by stating that it is empowered to marque changes lone successful lawsuit of clerical errors.
The main bureau of Mangaluru City Corporation successful Mangaluru wherever applications seeking alteration of sanction successful commencement certificates proceed by rejected by Registrar, Births and Deaths. | Photo Credit: H S Manjunath
A 41-year-old Mangaluru woman, presently residing successful Bengaluru, filed exertion for inclusion her surname “Acharya” to the names of her 13-year-old twins – a lad and a miss – calved successful a backstage infirmary successful Mangaluru connected August 11, 2012. The names of her children lone had archetypal missive of their begetter successful their commencement certificate, and she wanted inclusion of her surname successful it.
She filed an exertion connected May 12, on with an affidavit stating the close names of her children. She annexed a transcript of her Aadhaar card, passport and people 10 marks paper that gave her afloat name, including her surname. After a week, the applications were rejected by the MCC Registrar (Births and Deaths) connected the crushed that Section 15 of Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 does not licence making changes successful the sanction mentioned successful the commencement certificate.
Registrar Anil Prabhu, who is besides MCC Mangaluru Central Zonal Commissioner, said, nether the Act, helium tin lone marque changes successful lawsuit of clerical errors. For alteration of name, the applicant should attack the court, Mr. Prabhu said.
Advocate Sukesh Kumar said the Karnataka High Court has stated successful a 2024 writ petition of Adhrith Bhat that the registrar has the powerfulness to marque changes successful the sanction done an endorsement successful the commencement registrar that it is being done connected a petition by the parent. The High Court further stated that genitor should taxable a sworn affidavit that the sanction alteration was being done connected their ain accord. It has besides stated that requests for introduction of sanction and alteration of sanction tin beryllium made earlier the registrar by the genitor earlier the kid is aged 15.
The High Court has reiterated this absorption portion allowing immoderate writ petitions successful 2026 against rejection of sanction alteration applications
“The Mangaluru Bar Association has met the registrar and drawn his attraction to the 2024 High Court direction. A announcement was issued by District Legal Services Authority to the registrar recently, seeking an mentation for rejection of name-change applications,” helium said, Yet, the registrar continues to defy High Court directions, and cull name-change applications, Mr. Kumar said.
