HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.13174 of 2000 ORDER: The relief sought for in this writ petition is to declare the proceedings of the General Manager, Hyderabad District Co- operative Central Bank Limited dated 20.06.2000 refusing to enter the petitioner’s correct date of birth as evidenced by HSC certificate as arbitrary and illegal. Facts, in brief, are that the petitioner joined the service of the bank as a Supervisor on 01.02.1967. He was promoted as an Accountant in the year 1983. He was further promoted as a Manager in the year 1987. It is his case that, when he joined services as a Supervisor, he had completed his PUC and was studying his degree; along with the application, he had enclosed the certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education in proof of his having passed H.S.C. and in proof of his age; he was under the impression that the date of birth was entered in the service register as per the certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education; in the year 1999 he came to know that the date of birth was wrongly entered as 30.08.1942 instead of 30.08.1943; he applied to the Board of Secondary Education to furnish the age certificate; the age certificate was issued to him on 14.07.1999; and, despite a representation being filed, the General Manger of the respondent bank had rejected the petitioner’s request by the impugned proceedings. In the order under challenge dated 20.06.2000, the General Manager refers to the earlier letter dated 03.08.1999 whereby the petitioner was informed that change of his date of birth in the service register was not possible as and when requested for; the various rules, circulars and G.O’s issued from time to time by the Government restricted the employer’s right to change the date of birth of any employee suo motu or on an application made by an employee, particularly when such request was made at a belated stage/fag end of the service. The petitioner joined the services of the respondent on 01.02.1967. He waited for more than 32 years before he filed the application seeking correction of his date of birth, that too just a few years prior to his retirement. No writ of mandamus can be sought to direct the respondents to correct the date of birth as entered in the service records, more so when such a request is made after an inordinate delay, which in this case exceeds three decades. The order of the General Manager does not suffer from any patent illegality necessitating interference in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner’s request for correction of his date of birth cannot be entertained more so when it is made at the fag end of his service. Viewed from any angle, the petitioner is not entitled to the relief sought for in this writ petition. The Writ Petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. However, in the circumstances without costs. ____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date: 23.07.2010 MRKR