IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17964 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 04, 2010. Brij Mohan Sharma .....Petitioner versus Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.L.S.Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to change his date of birth from 15.3.1952 to 6.5.1954. The petitioner had joined the erstwhile P.S.E.B. (now Punjab State Power Corporation Limited) as a T-mate on work-charge basis on 20.10.1973 and based upon the original date of birth, i.e. 15.3.1952, he has already retired from service w.e.f. 31.3.2010 on attaining the age of superannuation. It is alleged that the petitioner had applied for change of date of his birth on 13.5.1994 (Annexure P-4) and on an enquiry, his claim was found to be correct. It is further alleged that the date of his birth was not corrected due to negligence on the part of the dealing assistant. According to the petitioner, without taking any decision in the matter, he has been retired from service C.W.P.No .17964 of 2010 2 w.e.f. 31.3.2010. The petitioner has thereafter served the respondents with a legal notice dated 8.4.2010 (Annexure P-15) also but without any response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner at some length, though I am of the considered view that the writ Court is not the appropriate forum to seek any change in the date of birth and it has been so reiterated by this Court vide order dated 22.1.2010 rendered in Civil Writ Petition No.12011 of 2009 (R.K.Jangra versus State of Punjab and others) also, however, considering the fact that the respondents themselves dealt with the petitioner's case but failed to take the final decision before his retirement, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider the above- mentioned claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order in accordance with the Rules/Policy, within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE