1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3697 OF 2009 Ganpati Nana Patil ..Petitioner versus Principal, Bhogawati Mahavidyalaya at Kurukali, Tal : Karveer, Dist : Kolhapur & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. I. M Khairdi for Petitioner. Mr. H. S. Venegaonkar for Respondent No. 1 Ms. M. P. Thakur – AGP for Respondent No. 3 - State. CORAM : D. D. SINHA & A. A. SAYED , JJ. DATED : JANUARY 04, 2010. P.C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents. 2. Grievance of the petitioner is in respect of recording of wrong date of birth in his service book. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner joined service of the respondent No. 1 college in the year 1980. At the relevant time his date of birth was recorded in his service book as 1st June 1951 instead of 1st October 1953. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that for the first time the petitioner moved the Authorities in the year 2008 for correcting the date of birth. It is submitted that he came to 2 know about the mistake in his date of birth in the year 1977 and therefore moved the Authorities accordingly in the year 2008. It is submitted that since the mistake was bonafide and therefore the petitioner be permitted to do so and the Authorities may be directed to carry out the correction accordingly. 3. The request is opposed by the other side on the ground of delay. 4. Considered the contentions canvassed by the respective parties. Law on the subject is well settled. If the wrong date of birth is recorded in the service book in that event the employee must approach the Authorities as per the rule or a procedure applicable in this regard and if there is no statutory rule in that event within the reasonable time. In the instant case it is not in dispute that the petitioner approached the Authorities after lapse of 20 years. In that event no case is made out for showing indulgence. Writ Petition is dismissed. (D. D. SINHA, J.) ( A. A. SAYED, J.)