IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.B.KOSHY & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOMAS P.JOSEPH WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 28TH KARTHIKA 1930 WA.No. 2232 of 2008() --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT/ORDER IN WPC.11652/2005 Dated 06/11/2008 .................... APPELLANT(S): PETITIONER: --------------------------------------------- K.G. GOPALAKRISHNAN, DEPUTY TAHSILDAR, TALUK OFFICE, THALAPPALLI, TRICHUR, RESIDING AT KUNNATH HOUSE, AVANOOR P.O., TRICHUR. BY ADV. SRI.V.G.ARUN SRI.T.R.HARIKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS: ----------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, REVENUE (C), DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPRUAM. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, TRICHUR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. K.SANDESH RAJA FOR R1 & R2 THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/11/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss J.B.KOSHY & THOMAS P. JOSEPH, JJ. -------------------------------------- W.A.No.2232 of 2008 ------------------------------------- Dated 19th November, 2008 JUDGMENT Koshy,J . Appellant/petitioner is now working as Deputy Tahsildar in the Revenue Department. He joined the service in 1976. At that time, the date of birth entered in the service book was 20.11.1953. That was based on the date of birth entered in the S.S.L.C. Book etc. The appellant had no objection in the above. He had got several opportunities to see the service book and the date of birth entered in the service book at the time of promotion, at the time of declaration of probation, at the time of filing nomination for gratuity etc. He is a graduate and he did not ask for correction of the date of birth in the service book. However, in 1986, on the basis of an extract from the admission register of A.N.M Upper Primary School, Manithara wherein the date of birth was mentioned as 27.10.1955, he filed a representation before the Assistant Collector, Thrissur for correction of the date of birth in the service book. That was rejected because the application for correction of date of birth should be filed within the time limit, along with school records. He applied for correction of date of birth in the S.S.L.C. Book only in 1992 with a request to condone the delay caused. W.A.2232/2008 2 That was granted by the Government in 1993. Thereafter, he applied for correction in the service records only in 2003. The entire matter was delayed. After a long delay the service records cannot be corrected. Learned single judge found that his application for correction of date of birth was beyond the period prescribed in the Government Order dated 30.12.1991. We fully agree with the reasoning of the learned single Judge and we are not reiterating the same. There is no merit in the appeal. The appeal is dismissed. J.B.KOSHY JUDGE THOMAS P. JOSEPH JUDGE tks