The Hon’ble Sri Justice R.Subhash Reddy Writ Petition No.1359 of 2008 Between: 1.Sri D.Chandra Rao. …Petitioner and 1.General Manager Telecom, BSNL, Rajahmundry, E.G.District and 2 others. …Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.1359 of 2008 Order: In this writ petition, petitioner seeks declaration by way of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not correcting the date of birth in his service record as 10th January, 1949, in the place of 10th January, 1948, as illegal and arbitrary. It is not in dispute that the petitioner had entered into service of the respondent-organization on 4th March, 1974 and posted as Messenger in Central Telegraphic Office at Kakinada. Thereafter, in the year 1982, he was promoted as Clerk, and in the year 1998, he was again promoted as Section Supervisor. It is the grievance of the petitioner that though his correct date of birth is 10th January, 1949, but in the service record, it was mistakenly noted as 10th January, 1948. Alleging that the respondents are taking steps for his superannuation on 31st January, 2008, on the basis of wrong date of birth, i.e. 10th January, 1948, petitioner has come up with this writ petition, for correction of his date of birth in the service record. It is now well settled that entries in the service record cannot be ordered to be corrected, at the fag end of service. In the instant case, petitioner joined in service on 4th March, 1974 and nearly for 33 long years, he did not seek any correction. In that view of the matter, I do not find any merit in this writ petition to consider the belated attempt of the petitioner seeking correction of date of birth for further continuance in service, at this stage. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY. January 29, 2008 Lur/MRR