IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 784 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 03/07/2008 in WP NO : 14032 OF 2008 on the file of the High Court.) Between: V.V. Reddy, E-110804, Conductor S/o. Vitalamma ..... APPELLANT AND 1 The APSRTC, Rep. by its Managing Director Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Regional Manager, APSRTC, Nellore District. 3 The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Kavali, Nellore District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant:MR.SRICHARAN TELAPROLU Counsel for the Respondent No.: C.PRAKASH REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (Per Anil R. Dave, CJ) Being aggrieved by an order dated 3-7-2008 passed in W.P.No. 14032 of 2008, this appeal has been filed. The appellant-original petitioner was appointed as a Conductor by the respondents-Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. At the time when the appellant was appointed, according to the evidence adduced by him, his date of birth was recorded as 4-7-1950. Subsequently when he was on the verge of retirement, he made an application for correction of his date of birth as 15-2-1956. The application of the appellant-petitioner was not accepted and he has been made to retire ultimately during the pendency of this appeal. It has been observed by the learned Single Judge, in the impugned order, that in the Service Record 4-7-1950 has been recorded as the date of birth of the appellant. In the circumstances, there was no reason to change the date of birth in the Service Record at a later point of time. For the said reason, the petition has been rejected and, therefore, this appeal has been filed. Looking to the peculiar facts of the case, we have requested the learned Advocate appearing for the respondents- employer to call for the Service Record of the appellant. We have perused the Service Record. In not less than 10 times, the appellant has stated that his date of birth was 4-7-1950. His Service Book reveals that his date of birth was 4-7-1950 and thereafter, in the nomination form, which is required to be ﬁled for the purpose of General Provident Fund etc., also, the appellant has stated that he was born on 4-7-1950. The appellant knows English and he has signed in English. This denotes that he was conscious of the fact that his date of birth was recorded as 4-7-1950 in the Service Register. We see no reason to make any change in the Service Record, especially when the appellant was on the verge of retirement. T h e Hon’ble Supreme Court has observed in several cases that such an application praying for change of date of birth at the fag end of the career should not be entertained. For the aforestated reasons, we do not see any substance in the appeal and the appeal is therefore, dismissed with no order as to costs. ______________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ 6th August, 2008. _________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J GRR