IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 3271 OF 2004. PETITION NO. 3271 OF 2004. PETITION NO. 3271 OF 2004. Sayyed Muniruddin ahmed Saheb. ... Petitioner Versus. State of Maharashtra & others ... Respondents. Shri Santosh Shetty i/by Shri M.P.Vashi for the Petitioner. Shri R.M.Sawant, G.P. for the Respondents. CORAM CORAM CORAM : SMT.RANJANA DESAI & : SMT.RANJANA DESAI & : SMT.RANJANA DESAI & ABHAY ABHAY ABHAY S. OKA, JJ. S. OKA, JJ. S. OKA, JJ. DATED DATED DATED : 5th December, 2005. : 5th December, 2005. : 5th December, 2005. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. The petitioner is serving as an Assistant Teacher in the Respondent’s school since 1978. According to him his date of birth in the service book is wrongly recorded as 14th May 1948 whereas his real date of birth is 15th November 1952. He filed an application on 20th August 2003 for correction of his date of birth. That application has been rejected and hence this petition. 2. We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties. We have also perused the affidavit filed by Prakash Baburao Bagul, Deputy Education Inspector, South Zone, Mumbai. We are unable to entertain the present petition. The petitioner has made the application for correction of his date of birth in the service book after 26 years of his appointment. He is : 2 : 2 : 2 : due to retire on 13th May 2006 Considering the fact that the application is made belatedly, in our opinion, the present petition cannot be entertained. Even otherwise, on merits we are of the opinion that no case is made out by the petitioner. Petition is rejected. (Smt.Ranjana Desai, J.) (Abhay S.Oka, J.)