THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 10526 of 2010 O R D E R: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Corporation. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner who is a Mechanic in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (for short, the Corporation’), questions notification No. P1/693(01)/2010-RCPM, dated 01.01.2010, by which, the Deport Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Ramachandrapuram, notified the date of his retirement as 30.06.2010 A.N. The case of the petitioner is that he joined the service of the Corporation in the year 1976 and at that time, he furnished his date of birth as 19.05.1957, but, however, the respondent Corporation appears to have entered the date of birth as 18.06.1952. He came to know of the said fact only in January 2009 when the 1st respondent is preparing a list of persons to be retired shortly. Therefore, he made a representation requesting the respondents to correct his date of birth in the service register. As per the instructions of the 1st respondent, the petitioner again applied for the Transfer Certificate and produced the same before him, but the respondents have not taken any steps and issued the impugned notification proposing to retire him from service on the A.N. of 30.06.2010. Consequently, he made an appeal/representation to the respondents to correct the date of birth in the service record as per his school certificate. As there is no reply, he got issued a legal notice dated 19.04.2010, to the respondents, but in vain. Hence, this Writ Petition is filed. At the outset, it is to be noted that at the time of joining the service of the Corporation, as the petitioner did not file the proof of his date of birth, based on the medical examination, his age was assessed and his date of birth was entered in the Service Register as 18.06.1952. In that view of the matter, when such an entry was made and continued all along, it is not open for the petitioner either to seek correction of the date of birth or to seek any other direction for continuing him in service on the ground that his school certificate shows the date of birth as 19.05.1957. It is now well-settled that at the fag end of the service, employees cannot be allowed either to seek correction or to continue in service beyond the age of retirement, contrary to the entries made in the service register. I have also perused the copy of the legal notice dated 19.04.2010, wherein the petitioner has clearly admitted that at the time of his entry into service, his date of birth was mentioned as 18.06.1952 based on the medical examination. If that be so, there is no reason for the petitioner to seek correction of his date of birth at this point of time. The Writ Petition is devoid of merit and the same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ---------------------------- (R. SUBHASH REDDY, J) 30th April 2010 ksld