IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC FRIDAY, THE 21ST MAY 2010 / 31ST VAISAKHA 1932 WP(C).No. 11555 of 2010(T) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- P.PAZHANAL, D/O.PAZHANI, SLR, GARDEN SECTION, MALAMPUZHA IRRIGATION PROJECT MALAMPUZHA DAM, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.SAJAN VARGHEESE K. SRI.LIJU. M.P RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. CHIEF ENGINEER, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. EXICUTIVE ENGINEER, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, MALAMPUZHA DAM, PALAKKAD. 4. THE CURATOR, MALAMPUZHA GARDENS, MALAMPUZHA DAM, PALAKKAD. GOVT.PLEADER SRI.ARAVINDKUMAR BABU THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/05/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ================ W.P.(C) NO. 11555 OF 2010 (T) ===================== Dated this the 21st day of May, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioner is an SLR worker. In the service book, her date of birth has been entered as 1/7/1951. She is an illiterate and had no birth certificate or school certificate. It is seen that this date was entered on the basis of a medical certificate issued by one Dr.K.S.Chithambaran, Civil Surgeon, Government Dispensary, Malampuzha on 12/10/1987. Long thereafter, relying on her electoral ID card and ration card, petitioner sought correction of her date of birth as 1/7/1957. She also placed reliance on Ext.P1, a letter wherein Date of Birth is seen to have been entered as 1/7/1957. There is also an endorsement that such entry was based on medical certificate. 2. The request for correction was considered by the Government, and by Ext.P7, the same has been rejected. It is stated that as per the existing guidelines issued by the Government by GO(P) No.45/91/P&ARD dated 30/12/91, application for correction of date of birth, if any, shall be made within 5 years of once entry in the service. That apart, it is also WPC No. 11555/10 :2 : stated that there is no reliable document justifying his request for correction. 3. Apart from the fact that the electoral ID card and ration card cannot be authentic documents for correction, what is relied on by the petitioner is Ext.P1. True in Ext.P1, the date of birth is indicated as 1/7/1957. On Ext.P1, Government pleader has obtained instructions and submits that the date as indicated in Ext.P1 was by way of a mistake. 4. Having regard to the contents of Ext.P7 Government order, I am also inclined to agree with the learned Government pleader. This is all the more so for the reason that the petitioner also could not produce before me the medical certificate said to have been produced by her indicating that her date of birth was 1/7/1957. For these reasons, I do not find any merit in the writ petition. Writ petition is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE Rp