1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4983 OF 2010 Latif Shaikh Husanoddin ....Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ....Respondents. Mr. A.S. Savale, Advocate for petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondents. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND A.A.SAYED, JJ. DATED : 27th October, 2010. PER COURT : 1. By way of present petition, the petitioner challenges the order passed by the respondent No. 4 dated 17th of February 2010, rejecting the application of the petitioner. 2. The application was filed by the petitioner for changing the entry pertaining to the date of birth. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner relied on the judgment of the learned Single Judge of this Court in the case of Sitaram K. Jawale Vs. Mhada & Ors., reported in 2000 (9) LJSOFT 52. 4. The Apex Court in the case State of Gujrat and Ors. Vs. Vali Mohd. 2 Dosabhai Sindhi, reported in 2006 (6) SCC 537 has held that an application for changing the entry pertaining to the date of birth in service book has to be made within a period prescribed in relevant service regulation or if, it did not provide, within a reasonable period. It is under the M.C.S.R. that an application for changing the date of birth shall be made within a period of five years from the date of entry in service. The petitioner has undisputedly joined the police force on 9th October 1978, whereas the application for change of date of birth in service book was made just one and half month prior to the date of retirement. 5. In that view of the matter, no case is made out to warrant interference in the matter. Rejected. [ A. A. SAYED ] [ B. R. GAVAI ] Judge Judge ssc/wp4983.10