Supreme Court of India

U.P. Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad and Ors. v. Raj Kumar Agnihotri

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Reported as [2005] 3 S.C.R. 770
Bench Ashok Bhan and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.
Decided 21 April 2005

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the correct date of birth of the respondent is only 30.07.1941 and the claim now made by the respondent to D correct his date of birth from 30.07.1941 to 16.10.1945 cannot at all be entertained or encouraged.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Service record : Correction in service record-Permissibility-Held: Entries made in Service/Government records on the basis of which the Government setvant got the service cannot be allowed to be changed just a few years before retirement. U.P. Recruitment Service (Determination of the Date of Birth) Rules, 1974-Ru/e 2-Date of birth recorded in service book-Change of- Permissibility-Held: Date of birth or the age recorded in service book at the time of entry into the Government service is deemed to be the correct date of birth or age/or all purposes-No application or representation to be

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