Supreme Court of India

Employer in Relation to Management of Katras Area of M/s Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Dhanbad v. Workman-shahdeo Das

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1481
Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 13 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the Division Bench erred in allowing the appeal. 1486 [2025] 8 S.C.R. Supreme Court Reports.

Judgment, page 5

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards entertaining a claim for correction of date of birth in the service record after a delay of 25 years. Headnotes† Industrial dispute – Date of birth – Claim for correction of date of birth in the service record after a delay of 25 years by the workman – Permissibility – Award by the Industrial Tribunal permitted the change in date of birth of the respondent- workman in the service record, after 25 years of joining service, from 1960 to 1972, based on a Transfer/School Leaving Certificate issued in 2015 – Award set aside by the Single Judge of the

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