:1: :1: :1: srp. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5862 OF 2008. WRIT PETITION NO. 5862 OF 2008. WRIT PETITION NO. 5862 OF 2008. Nandkishor Vithal Thorat. ..Petitioner. Versus. State of Maharashtra & Others. ..Respondents. --- Mr. S. P. Saxena for the petitioner. Mr. V. S. Masurkar, G.P. for the State. CORAM: S. B. MHASE & CORAM: S. B. MHASE & CORAM: S. B. MHASE & D.B.BHOSALE, JJ. D.B.BHOSALE, JJ. D.B.BHOSALE, JJ. DATE: January 29, 2009. DATE: January 29, 2009. DATE: January 29, 2009. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard the learned counsel. Perused the judgment of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, especially paragraph no.17 thereof. Admittedly, according to the learned counsel for the petitioner also the mistake in regard to the birth date of the petitioner took place in the year 1964. It is tried to be submitted that the petitioner came to know about the said mistake in the year 2001. It is very difficult to digest this submission. The petitioner was in service. He must have filled in several applications for taking admission to the College and also while seeking employment. Even the service record prepared thereafter also states the date of birth. Therefore, the petitioner should have taken immediate steps for :2: :2: :2: correcting his date of birth. Even the Government Resolutions state that the correction in respect of the date of birth shall be carried out within a period of five years. However, no steps were ever taken by the petitioner to carry out the correction in his date of birth. At the eve of retirement the wisdom has dawn on the petitioner and the proceeding was initiated. When the petition appeared before us for admission we were reported by the learned GP that the petitioner has already retired from the service. All these facts, latches and delay on the part of the petitioner persuade us not to entertain the petition. Petition is dismissed. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.)