IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7841 of 2002 CHANDRADEO RAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3. 09.02.2009 Heard leaned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Counsel for the State. Rule 96 of the Bihar Financial Rules provide that every person appointed in the government should at the time of appointment declare his date of birth by the christen era with possible confirmatory documentary evidence, such as, Matriculation Certificate, Municipal Birth Certificate etc. If exact date is not known an approximate date be given. Note (1) of the Rules provides that that any application for correction must be submitted within ten years from the date of entry into government service and the representations submitted thereafter shall be summarily rejected. On his own showing, the petitioner was appointed on 27.3.1970. He applied for correction in his date of birth 15 years later on 25.11.1985 beyond time. Clearly his application was beyond time permissible in law. Additionally, on going through the pleadings in the writ application of his claim of having passed the Matriculation after his appointment and having obtained proof of his date of birth based on such subsequent events, when in his service book originally he acknowledges entry of his date of birth but simply states that it was a mistake, this Court is satisfied that the defence sought to be raised by the petitioner are purely issues of fact which cannot be examined in a writ application in any event of the matter. The writ application is accordingly dismissed. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)