IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 993 of 2004 Smt. Phaguni …….Petitioner. Versus Vice Chancellor, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar and others. …Respondents. Sri Alok Mehra, Advocate present for the petitioner. Sri Rajendra Dobhal, Senior Advocate assisted by Sri D.C.S. Rawat, Advocate present for the respondents. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (oral) Heard Sri Alok Mehra, Advocate for the petitioner and Sri Rajendra Dobhal, Senior Advocate assisted by Sri D.C.S. Rawat, Advocate for the respondents. The petitioner is an employee of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, District Udham Singh Nagar. She has filed this writ petition with a prayer that the date of birth in her service record be changed from 1.9.1945 to 7.3.1953. In the counter affidavit filed by respondent University, it has been stated that the petitioner is an illiterate lady and therefore, at the time of her joining subsequently a Medical Board was constituted for determining the date of birth of the petitioner. The matter was referred to the Medical Board and whatever the date of birth was determined, the same was recorded in service record. The petitioner, however, chose to appear before the Medical Officer In-charge. This was done by the petitioner herself. More so and more importantly, on the records of Employees’ Provident Fund of the petitioner, the date of birth which is recorded is 2 1.9.1945. Another significant fact which must be considered by this Court is that prayer of recording the date of birth as 7.3.1953 has been made at the fag end of her carrier. Such dispute, if at all, should have been raised at the appropriate time and not at the time when the petitioner is at the verge of retirement. In any view of the matter, there is no merit in the writ petition. There is no good ground to record the date of birth in her service record, as prayed by the petitioner. Writ petition, therefore, has no merit and is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 7.1.2011 Avneet