IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD MAY 2007 / 2ND JYAISHTA 1929 WA.No. 1175 of 2007() --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN WPC.9830/2007 Dated 28/03/2007 .................... APPELLANT: PETITIONER: ---------------------- K. VALSALA, SPECIAL DEPUTY TAHSILDAR, COLLECTORATE, CIVIL STATION P.O., KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.K.BABU THOMAS RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. 2. SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE COMMISSIONER OF LAND REVENUE, PUBLIC OFFICE, TRIVANDRUM. 4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, KOZHIKODE. BY GOVT. PLEADER SHRI. K. SANDESH RAJ THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.S.Radhakrishnan & Antony Dominic, JJ. ======================== W.A.No.1175 of 2007 ======================== Dated this the 23rd day of May, 2007. JUDGMENT Radhakrishnan,J. Government order, G.O.(P) No.45/91/P& ARD dated 30th December, 1991 stipulates that applications for correction of date of birth, if any, needed in the case of an Government employee shall be made within five years of one's entry in service. In the case of those who have already crossed this limit, one year time from the date of the above Government order shall be allowed provided he applies beyond the two year period preceding retirement reckoned with reference to the date of birth as recorded in the Service Book. 2. Admittedly, Ext.P10(a) governs the field, and the application filed on 28.7.2000, is therefore highly belated. Delay in getting the S.S.L.C. Book corrected is of no consequence in the matter of correction of date of birth in the service records. In view of the principle as laid down above, this Writ Appeal is dismissed. K.S.Radhakrishnan, Judge. Antony Dominic Judge. ess 23/5