IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.415 of 2007 ==================================================== SHARAD KUMAR CHOUDHARY son of Shailendra Kumar Choudhary at and P.O.- Barhauna District Samastipur - Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum- Secretary Department of Human Resources Development New Secretariat, Patna 2. The Director Secondary Education, Bihar, Patna 3. Chairman, Bihar School Examination Board, Sinha Library Road, Patna 4. The Bihar School Examination Board through its Secretary, Sinha Library Road, Patna 5. Headmaster High School at and P.O. Barhauna in the District of Samastipur …. …. Respondents ==================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s: Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bikash Tiwary, A.C. to G.A.-4 For the Bihar School Examination Board :Mr. Girijesh Kumar, Advocate ==================================================== 03/ 13.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the Bihar School Examination Board, Patna (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”). 2. This writ petition has been filed praying, inter alia, to direct the authorities of the Board to correct the date of birth of the petitioner as recorded in his 2 matriculation certificate from 13.12.1974 to 15.9.1975 in view of the date of birth recorded in the School Leaving Certificate dated 29.7.1989, Annexure-1. In this connection, it is submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that the matriculation certificate, Annexure-3-A is dated 21.9.1989, but the same was issued to the petitioner in the year 1993 and the date of birth indicated therein being contrary to the School Leaving Certificate dated 29.7.1989, Annexure-1, the same is required to be corrected in the light of the entries made in the School Leaving Certificate. In support of such plea, counsel for the petitioner has relied on the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Dhananjay Prasad Vrs. The Bihar School Examination Board & Ors., reported in 2008 (2) PLJR 209, whereunder this Court directed the Board not to change the date of birth recorded in the provisional matriculation certificate of the candidate only on the ground that on 1st March of the year in which candidate appeared for the examination, he was below 14 years of age. 3. In the instant case, petitioner received 3 matriculation certificate dated 21.8.1989, Annexure-3-A in the year 1993 whereunder his date of birth was recorded as 13.12.1974 and if he wanted to dispute such date of birth in the light of the date of birth indicated in the School Leaving Certificate dated 29.7.1989, Annexure-1, as thereunder his date of birth has been recorded as 15.9.1975, he should have approached this Court within a reasonable time from the date of receipt of the matriculation certificate dated 21.9.1989, Annexure-3-A. Such certificate, according to the petitioner having been received by him in the year 1993, he should have approached this Court within a reasonable time from the date of receipt of the said certificate. Petitioner having approached this Court on 11.1.2007 i.e. after 14 years of the receipt of the matriculation certificate dated 21.9.1989, I am not inclined to proceed with the writ petition, which is, accordingly, dismissed. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)