IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 28TH FEBRUARY 2011 / 9TH PHALGUNA 1932 WP(C).No. 6230 of 2011(C) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- K.V.MOHAMMED, VILLAGE OFFICER, OORNGATTIRI VILLAGE, KUZHIKKALAKANDI HOUSE, P.O.THRIPPANACHI, (VIA) KUZHIMANNA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.VIJAYAKUMAR. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM, PIN – 676 505. 2. TAHSILDAR, ERNADU TALUK, MANJERI, PIN – 676 121. R1 & R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. ANTONY MUKKATH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/02/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` W.P.(C) No. 6230 of 2011 C ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dated this the 28th day of February, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a Village Officer in the service of the Government of Kerala. He is due to retire on 31-03-2011. According to the petitioner, petitioner was born on 04-10- 1956. But, by mistake, in the SSLC book, his date of birth is shown as 04-10-1955. Petitioner points out that his immediate elder sister was born on 01-08-1955 and his younger brother was born on 10-10-1957 and, therefore, obviously, the date of birth entered in the SSLC book is wrong. The mistake happened to be made by the Headmaster of the school while entering the date of birth in the school records. Petitioner has, therefore, submitted an application for correction of date of birth in the service records, which has been rejected by Exts.P7 and P8 on the ground that the application is belated. Petitioner is challenging the same. W.P.(C) No.6230/2011 : 2 : 2. According to the petitioner, obviously, the date of birth has been entered in the petitioner's SSLC book by mistake and for correcting a mistake, no time limit can be prescribed. 3. I have heard the counsel for the petitioner as also the learned Government Pleader. 4. Correction of date of birth is not a right. It is only a concession given by the Government as per a Government Order. The petitioner has to avail of that concession strictly in accordance with the terms of grant of such concession as per the Government Order. The Government Order concerned specifically stipulates that a government employee seeking correction of the date of birth has to file an application for the same within five years from the date of entering service or within one year from the date of the said Government Order. It is specifically stated in the Government Order that no petition for condonation of delay shall be entertained by any authority. W.P.(C) No.6230/2011 : 3 : 5. In view of the said provisions in the Government Order, in so far as the petitioner has not filed the application for correction of date of birth within the period stipulated in the Government Order concerned, I do not find any merit in the challenge against Exts.P7 and P8 orders. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. Sd/- (S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE) aks // True Copy // P.A. To Judge