IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 13TH NOVEMBER 2009 / 22ND KARTHIKA 1931 RP.No. 165 of 2003 --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN OP.13695/1998 Dated 28/08/2002 .................... REVIEW PETITIONER: PETITIONER --------------------------------------------------- JOSEPH MATHEW, VADAKAYIL HOUSE, PERUVANTHANAM POST, NOW IN THE ADDRESS KAPPADU POST, KANJIRAPPILLY. BY ADV. SRI.SAJAN VARGHEESE K. RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS -------------------------- 1. GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VAIDYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY 3. THE CHAIRMAN, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.R.BINDU - R1 THIS REVIEW PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 13/11/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J ------------------------------ R.P.NO.165/2003 IN O.P.NO.13695/1998-E ------------------------------ Dated this, the 13th day of November, 2009 Order The original petition was filed by the review petitioner, seeking correction of the date of birth in his service book. As per the original entry in the S.S.L.C Book, his date of birth was 15.10.1955. By Ext.P9 order, the Government ordered to correct it as 15.10.1956 on 14.5.1993. The petitioner commenced the proceedings for correction of the date of birth in his S.S.L.C Book as early as in 1990, it is submitted. He also submitted that he moved application for correction of his date of birth before the Kerala State Electricity Board, under which he is working, within the time stipulated in Ext.P3 Government order, though that application was not accompanied by the corrected S.S.L.C Book. But, his request for correction of the date of birth in the service book, though he produced Ext.P9 subsequently, was not granted. The said application was RP 165/2003 - 2 - rejected by Ext.P14 proceedings of the Board dated 26.9.1996 and Ext.P16 communication issued in December, 1997. 2. It is not in dispute that the petitioner did not submit the application in time along with the corrected S.S.L.C Book. Any application submitted without the corrected S.S.L.C Book is incomplete and the same cannot be entertained. In that view of the matter, there is nothing wrong with the impugned orders. But, the petitioner submits, the Board has granted reliefs to similarly placed persons. But, such illegal orders cannot be the foundation for granting relief to the petitioner. Unless, as per the relevant orders and rules, the petitioner has got a right, he cannot seek any relief. Therefore, the decision of this Court that the Original Petition has become infructuous, does not require any review. Accordingly the Review Petition is dismissed. K. Balakrishnan Nair, Judge. nm.