IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 14735 of 2009 Between: N.Mary Sujani Devi, W/o. S.T.Rajendra Prasad Cristian, R/o. Machilipatnam, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Government of Andhra Prdesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Directorate of College Education, Rep by its Commissioner/Director,Hyderabad. 3. Department of College Education, Rep by its REgional Joint Director, Rajahmundry. 4. Noble College an aided College, Rep by its Correspondent, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ order or directions(s) essentially in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondents to consider the petitioner date of birth as 21-12-1951 instead of 21-7-1951 for the purpose of service Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.R.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.NO.14735 OF 2009 ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted by a lecturer working in the 4th respondent – Noble College at Machilipatnam. She entered into the service long years back. A Service Record was opened, wherein, against the column ‘date of birth’, the correct date of birth, as reflected in her school record, has been noted. By virtue of that date of birth, she has already attained the age of superannuation and she will be retiring from service at the end of this month. Unfortunately for the petitioner, she seems to have discovered some material from her ancestral home indicating that she was, in fact, born on 21-12-1951, but not on 21-07-1951, as was shown in her school record. On the strength and basis of this material, the writ petitioner made a claim for correction of the relevant entry in her Service Register. So long as the school record of the writ petitioner is not corrected, no one can find fault with the entry contained in the Service Register of the writ petitioner. The Service Register cannot be independently corrected without the school record being corrected. The writ petitioner has not taken any steps to get the school record corrected. Therefore, no fault can be attributed to the respondents for not carrying out the correction in her Service Register. Further, however strong material the writ petitioner may have discovered vouching for her correct date of birth, the claim having been made almost towards the end of her service, such claims are only appropriate to be rejected, as entertaining belated claims will lead to more than one complications for no fault of the respondents. Utilization of manpower and planning for securing the replacements would go haywire in such circumstances. Therefore, the claim of the writ petitioner is not liable to be entertained. The writ petition is dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. -------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 23rd July 2009 mrk ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS}