IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON THURSDAY, THE 3RD MARCH 2011 / 12TH PHALGUNA 1932 WP(C).No. 6617 of 2011(B) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- VISHNU R.KRISHNAN, MULLANPARA PUTHEN VEEDU, CHADAYAMANGALAM, CHADAYAMANGALAM P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI.ALEX N.MATHEW (KOLLAM), SRI.H.RAMANAN, SRI.JAMES JOSE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREETHI VIHAR, NEW DELHI-110 092. 2. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, REGIONAL OFFICE NO.111, J BLOCK, ANNA NAGAR, CHENNAI-40, REP. BY ASST.SECRETARY. 3. THE PRINCIPAL, JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, KOTTARAKARA, KOLLAM DISTRICT. R1 & R2 BY SRI. DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, S.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/03/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON, J. ------------------------- W.P (C) No.6617 of 2011 -------------------------- Dated this the 3rd March, 2011 J U D G M E N T Petitioner is stated as aggrieved of the inadvertant mistake which has crept in the relevant school records/certificates showing the date of birth of the petitioner as 9.9.1990 in place of '29.12.1989'. 2. The case of the petitioner is that, the petitioner came to know from his parents that Birth Certificate was not obtained at the time of his admission and hence the mistake. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner did not realise the gravity of the mistake earlier, which got surfaced only now. It was in the the said circumstances that the petitioner filed Ext.P4 request before the school authorities along with a copy of the birth certificate (produced as per Ext.P1), wherein, the date of birth has been correctly given as 29.12.1989. It is stated that the application preferred before the school authorities has not been positively dealt with, which made the petitioner to approach this Court seeking for W.P (C) No.6617 of 2011 2 appropriate reliefs. 4. The learned standing counsel for the 1st respondent submits that, by virtue of the mandate under the Bye-laws of the C.B.S.E, the petitioner has to approach the school authorities and get his school records corrected showing the actual date of birth as '29.12.1989'. Thereafter, the application has to be got forwarded along with the corrected date of birth as certified by the school authorities to the 2nd respondent, on which event, the same will be considered and appropriate steps will be pursued to redress the grievance of the petitioner. 5. In the above circumstances, the petitioner is left to approach the 3rd respondent and get his school records corrected based on the relevant materials; simultaneously causing the same to be forwarded to the 2nd respondent as prescribed for taking further steps, which shall be done within one week from the date of production of a copy of this judgment. On receipt of such proceedings, the matter shall be considered and final orders shall be passed by the concerned respondent in accordance with law, particularly, W.P (C) No.6617 of 2011 3 in view of the decision rendered by the Division Bench of this Court in W.A No.1948/2008 holding that the alleged bar of 'two years' will not stand in the way of causing the date of birth to be corrected in genuine cases. Final orders as above, shall be passed as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within 'eight weeks' from the date of receipt of the copies of the proceedings as aforesaid. The writ petition is disposed of as above. P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON, JUDGE lgk