Court No.1 Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 3226 (S/S) of 2001. Govind Lal Verma ……………………. Petitioners. Versus District Inspector of Schools, Bageshwar & 2 ors. ……………….. Respondents. _______________________ Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking writ of mandamus to command the respondents to correct the date of birth of the petitioner as 09.07.1942 from 01.10.1940. The basis of claim is that when he came to know about the entry of his age in the Junior High School in Class-VI and Class-VII, he found that it was written to be 09.07.1942 but the certificate issued to him in the year 1956 and onwards it was shown to be 01.10.1940. The learned Standing Counsel has produced service- book of petitioner before me. At the time of entry in the service, the petitioner himself filed the certificate of Junior High School issued by the District Inspector of School, Almora in the year 1956, in which the date of birth of the petitioner is shown as 01.10.1940. The petitioner passed High School Examination in the year 1978. A certificate was issued to him in which the date of birth of the petitioner is also shown as 01.10.1940. The learned Standing Counsel further produced before this Court the counter-foil of the register of the examination held in 1978 in which the petitioner himself filled-up the form in which the date of birth is shown as 01.10.1940. The document i.e. School Leaving Certificate of the year 1954 dated 12th November, 1954 issued by the Head Master, Hari Dutt Pant shows the date of birth of the petitioner as 09.07.1942, the petitioner passed the Junior High School in the year 1956, how his date of birth has been changed or corrected, is not explained. Since a certificate was issued to the petitioner by District Inspector of Schools, Almora showing his date of birth as 01.10.1940 and thereafter the same date of birth has been shown in the High School Certificate, therefore, on the basis of which the same date of birth had been recorded in the service-book of the petitioner. Therefore, the School Leaving Certificate, which is the sole basis of the claim of the petitioner, cannot be given credit at this stage. For the reasons recorded above, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. (P.C. Verma, J.) 27.7.2001 P.Singh