MUMBAI, Dec. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed a 32-year-old man to change his name in his school, college and board records after noting multiple mismatches in his documents. The division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe was hearing a petition pending for 14 years, in which the man sought to correct his name from Gregory Thomas to Millind Vinod Seth in his birth records and academic certificates. Seth, who first approached the court when he turned 18, explained that his parents got married in a church in 1992, and at the time his father converted to Christianity and changed his name. However, the petitioner's birth certificate issued in 1993 recorded him under a Hindu name, and his father under his original Hindu identity. When he received his School Leaving Certificate in 2009, it reflected his Christian name, Gregory, but listed his religion as "Hindu". The same name appeared in his secondary school certificate, and higher secondary certificate. Seth then submitted an affidavit to change his Christian name to a Hindu one and even approached the deputy director of education in October 2011, trying to get his name changed in his college records. When no relief was granted, he finally approached the Bombay High Court. Allowing the petition, the court described it as a "peculiar case" in which Seth had faced an identity mismatch due to his parents' inter-faith marriage. "While no one can be permitted to change his name by choice merely because he may not like a particular name, these circumstances warrant a change," the bench said. It directed the concerned schools, colleges, and the SSC and HSC boards to issue fresh documents with the corrected name within 30 days....