35 D.B. CIVIL SPECIAL APPEAL (WRIT) NO.477/2007 (Mahendra Kumar Swami Vs. The Secretary, Board of the Secondary Education, Raj. Ajmer & Anr.) Date:- 11.05.2007 HON'BLE MR. RAJESH BALIA,J. HON'BLE MR. BHANWAROO KHAN,J. Mr. B.K.Vyas, for the appellant. Heard learned counsel for the appellant. The appellant has sought permission from the Board of Secondary Education to alter his date of birth recorded in the Secondary Education certificate. The Board had declined as it was not satisfied with the prayer of the appellant. This led to filing of the writ petition which has been dismissed by the learned Single Judge opining that the appellant does not have any right to seek a mandamus to the Board for altering its record. As a matter of fact, when the Board has rejected his application, it became a lis between the appellant and the Board, if appellant wanted to prosecute his application to prove as a fact before a Competent Court for altering the exact date of birth declared in degree. The petition under section 226 of the Constitution of India could not have been proper remedy for deciding the issue. Accordingly, the learned Single Judge was right in dismissing the writ petition. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. (BHANWAROO KHAN),J. (RAJESH BALIA),J. arti