IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2010 / 10TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 11237 of 2010(D) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- B. GOPALAKRISHNA KARTHA, AGED 55 YEARS, S/O. P.V. BHASKARA KARTH, U.D. CLERK, GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, PALLARIMANGALAM, KOTHAMANGALAM, RESIDING AT THRIPPLIKKATTU HOUSE, THRIKARIYOOR, KOTAHAMANGALAM. BY ADV. SRI.A.T.ANILKUMAR ADV.MR..DILEEP S KALLAR RESPONDENT(S): ----------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GENERAL EDUCATION (C) DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRVUANANTHAPURAM. BY MR.T.T.MUHAMMOOD, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ---------------------- WP(C) No.11237 of 2010 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of March 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as a U.D clerk in Pallarimangalam Govt. Higher Secondary School. The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that, though his correct date of birth is 25.7.1955, it was wrongly entered in the service records as 25.7.1954. Petitioner got the date of birth properly corrected in the school records, based on which he applied to the Government for correction of the date of birth in the service records also. The same has been rejected by Ext.P6 order on the ground that petitioner has not filed the application within the time stipulated by the Government orders applicable. The petitioner submits that in similar circumstances Government has, as evident by Ext.P8, granted correction of date of birth of another employee, which benefit should be extended to the petitioner also. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. 2 W.P(C) No.11237 of 2010 3. Admittedly the petitioner has not applied for correction of date of birth in the service records within the time stipulated by the Government orders applicable. Simply because, a wrong order has been passed in the case of another employee, the petitioner cannot seek the same wrong relief. In the above circumstances I do not find any merit in the petition accordingly the same is dismissed. 4. But as I have already directed in other judgments, the Government shall strictly follow the Government Orders, while considering the applications for correction of date of birth in the service records of the employees of the Government of Kerala. They shall see that orders like Ext.P8 are not passed here after. I also record the submission of the learned Government Pleader that Ext.P8 was issued prior to the said judgments. S.SIRI JAGAN JUDGE DMB