IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON WEDNESDAY, THE 25TH MAY 2011 / 4TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 14074 of 2011(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- CHINCHU SARA BABY, D/O.BABY PAUL, PERUNGATH HOUSE, PAZHAMATTOM POST, ERNAKULAM-685 365, KERALA. BY ADV. SRI.V.V.SURESH RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, REP. BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATIONS, REGIONAL OFFICE, NEW PLOT NO.39 OLD PLOT NO.1630A, ANNA NAGAR, WEST CHENNAI. 2. THE PRINCIPAL, ST.PETERS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, KAAYIRAPU, KOLENCHERY, KERALA. SC SRI.DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/05/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON, J ....................................................... W.P.(C).14074/2011 .............................................. Dated this the 25th day of May, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is stated as aggrieved of the inadvertant mistake which has crept in relevant school records showing the date of birth of the petitioner as 3.5.1989 in place of '3.11.1988'. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner filed necessary application to have the date of birth corrected before the school authorities, wherein, the date of birth has been correctly given as '3.11.1988'. But the school authorities replied that the time for correction of the date of birth was over, which made the petitioner to approach this Court seeking for appropriate reliefs. 3. The learned standing counsel for CBSE submits that, by virtue of the mandate under the Bye-laws of the C.B.S.E, the petitioner has to approach the school authorities and get her school records corrected showing the actual date of birth as '3.11.1988'. Thereafter, the application has to be got forwarded along with the corrected date of birth as certified by the school authorities to the 1st respondent, on which event, the W.P.(C).14074/11 2 same will be considered and appropriate steps will be pursued to redress the grievance of the petitioner. 4. In the above circumstances, the petitioner is left to approach the 2nd respondent and get her school records corrected based on the relevant materials; simultaneously causing the same to be forwarded to the 1st respondent as prescribed for taking further steps. On receipt of such proceedings, the matter shall be considered and final orders shall be passed by the 1st respondent in accordance with law, particularly, in view of the decision rendered by the Division Bench of this Court in W.A No.1948/2008 holding that the bar of 'two years' as referred to in the 'Bye-laws' will not stand in the way of causing the date of birth to be corrected in genuine cases. Final orders as above, shall be passed by the 1st respondent as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within 'two months' from the date of receipt of a copy of the proceedings as aforesaid. The writ petition is disposed of as above. P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON, Judge mrcs