Supreme Court of India

Eastern Coalfields Ltd. and Others v. Bajrangi Rabidas

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Reported as [2013] 16 S.C.R. 895
Bench Anil R. Dave and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 23 September 2013

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Service Law: Date of birth - Determination of - Date of birth of c employee recorded as 2. 4. 1946 at the time of initial employment - Later employee seeking rectification of his date of birth as 2.4. 1948 on the basis of his Matriculation Certificate - Permissibility - Held: The date of birth mentioned in Matriculation Certificate has to be accepted as authentic - 0 But in the present case, the employee in order to gain eligibility for appointment did not produce Matriculation Certificate at the time of initial appointment - Hence, h·e· is estopped from relying on the Matriculation.

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