PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 23 -- The Allahabad high court has come down heavily on the state's birth certificate issuance system and observed "prima facie, it's a mess" after discovering that a petitioner had procured two different birth certificates showing entirely different dates of birth. The court said the system reveals the "extent of dishonesty existing at all levels". It directed the principal secretary, medical health, the department in-charge of issuing these certificates to file a detailed affidavit in the case. The principal secretary has been asked to give an "explanation regarding the state of affairs existing in his department, specifically in relation to the issuance of birth certificates". P2...