HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 10203 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus challenging the inaction of the respondents in altering the date of birth of the petitioner herein as 3.2.1969 instead of 15.7.1966 in the service register as was corrected and approved by the Commissioner & Director of School Education, Hyderabad. The petitioner passed Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.) in March, 1984 and while he was studying Diploma in Engineering, he came to know that his date of birth was wrongly entered in school register. Therefore, he filed a civil Suit in O.S. No. 68 of 1998 on the file of the Court of the Principal District Munsif, Chodavaram to correct his date of birth as 3.2.1969. The said suit was contested by the defendants therein and the competent Civil Court passed a Judgment and decree dated 19.2.1994 decreeing the said suit in favour of the petitioner and directed the defendants therein to correct his date of birth as 3.2.1969 in the Secondary School Certificate. Thereafter, he submitted a copy of the said Judgment and decree to the Commissioner & Director of School Education for altering the date of birth, who, in turn, directed the Secretary to the Commissioner of Government Examinations to correct the date of birth in the Secondary School Certificate and accordingly his date of birth was corrected. However, at the time of joining into service, petitioner’s date of birth was mentioned as 15.7.1966 in the service records basing on the unaltered Secondary School Certificate produced by him. Pursuant to the aforementioned Judgment and decree passed by the competent Civil Court, petitioner requested the Department to correct his date of birth. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have not taken any action in the matter in spite of submitting several representations to them. Hence, the present writ petition. Admittedly, a competent Civil Court has given a Judgment and decree correcting the date of birth of the petitioner as 3.2.1969 and the said Judgment and decree have become final. Perhaps, that is the reason why the Board of Secondary Education has also corrected the date of birth of the petitioner in his Secondary School Certificate. Further, at the time of joining into service, the date of birth of the petitioner was recorded by the respondents as 15.7.1966 basing upon the unaltered Secondary School Certificate produced by the petitioner. However, after passing of the Judgment and decree dated 19.2.1994 by the competent Civil Court, the date of birth of the petitioner was corrected in the Secondary School Certificate and therefore, necessary corrections have to be carried out by the respondents in the service register of the petitioner also. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the petitioner to make a representation to the respondents by furnishing the original of the corrected Secondary School Certificate together with the relevant documents and on such representation being made, the respondents shall take appropriate decision in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the service conditions of the petitioner, within a period of eight weeks thereafter. No costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU,J DATE: 18th April, 2011 pnb