IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 12285 of 2008 Between: G.J. Mohan Rao, E-069108, MECH -1, S/o. Late Yerakaiah, R/o. Gudivada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The APSRTC, Rep by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Regional Manager APSRTC, Krishna District at Vijayawada. 3 The Depot Manager APSRTC, Gudivada, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in altering date of birth n the service record of the petitioner and issuing a notification to retire the petitioner from service vide notification in Prc. No. E1/693(1)/08-GDV, Dt. 01-3-2008, contrary to the date of birth certificate issued by the school authorities vice T.C. No. 240836, dt. 29-8-1972 as illegal, unjust and arbitrary, contrary to regulations and as such liable to be set aside in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.M.SUBHAN Counsel for the Respondents: C.PRAKASH REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner is working as Mechanic in Gudivada Depot of A.P.S.R.T.C. The Depot Manager, the third respondent, issued a notification, dated 01.03.2008, informing the petitioner that he would attain the age of superannuation on 02.08.2008 and he would be retired from service on 31.08.2008. The petitioner challenges the correctness of the notification. According to him, his date of birth is 03.08.1956 and it was wrongly mentioned in the service records as 03.08.1950. He places reliance upon a Transfer Certificate issued by Z.P. High School at Rudrapaka. Heard Sri S.M.Subhan, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri C.Prakash Reddy, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. The date of birth of the petitioner is noted in the service records, at the time of entry into service. It is not in dispute that in the service records of the petitioner, the date of birth is mentioned as 03.08.1950. For one reason or the other, the petitioner did not take any steps to assail the correctness thereof. At the fag end of his service, that too, after he has been intimated the date of superannuation, the petitioner has come forward with a Transfer Certificate. The genuinity thereof is doubtful. Though it is endorsed as duplicate, it is issued in the original form on 09.04.2008. The Transfer Certificates are maintained in the original, duplicate and triplicate, if not quadruplicate in the schools. Wherever the duplicate certificate is to be issued, it must be the replica of the original, which is prepared at the time of issuing the original itself. The question of preparing a fresh certificate and calling the same as duplicate does not arise. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant any relief to the petitioner. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:16.06.2008. kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}