IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10098 of 2006 SACHIDA NAND PRASAD Versus THE CHAIRMAN,BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD & ORS ----------- 5 9.9.2008 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner wants correction in his date of birth which according to him should be 4.4.1955 and not 1.7.1952 which stands recorded in his service book. According to petitioner at the point of entry into service itself he realized that there was a mistake in the date of birth which was recorded by the respondents Bihar School Examination Board and a request had been made in this regard in the year, 1968. It is the case of the petitioner that he has been pursuing the matter but since nothing came to be done he decided to file the present writ application in the year, 2006. The bona fide of the claim of the petitioner needs to be rejected on the face of it. This is irrespective of the stand which has been taken by the respondents which casts serious doubt. They have also brought certain facts which show that the claim of the petitioner at this stage is a motivated claim and has not approached this Court with clean hands. Even otherwise this Court is not inclined to entertain this writ application on this ground alone, that he has waited for more than three and half decades to demand correction in his date of birth and that too at the fag end of his career as a Principal of the Teachers Training College. - 2 - This writ application is devoid of bona fide and is dismissed on the ground of not only delay and latches but also on the ground that the petitioner does not deserve any indulgence in the given set of facts. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)