THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P. No.21102 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is working as a Driver under the control of the 4th respondent, Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Khammam. The claim of the petitioner is that the 4th respondent recorded his date of birth as 02.12.1953 in the Service Book instead of 20.03.1963, as per school record. Therefore, he made a representation dated 24.04.1998 to the 4th respondent and the 4th respondent rejected the said representation vide proceedings dated 24.06.1998. Thereafter, the petitioner carried the matter in appeal dated 17.03.2010 to the 2nd respondent, Regional Manager, with a request to consider his request of alteration of his date of birth in the Service Book. But the 2nd respondent, so far, did not pass any orders. Hence, the present writ petition. On behalf of the respondent Corporation, counter affidavit has been filed, inter alia, submitting that in the absence of the date of birth particulars, at the time of recruitment, the petitioner was referred to the Chief Medical Officer, A.P.S.R.T.C., who examined the petitioner and assessed his age as 35 years as on 02.12.1998. Accordingly, his date of birth was fixed as 02.12.1998 as per the Medical Certificate and an entry was made in the service record and his signature was also obtained in the Service Record, at the time of appointment. Further, it is also submitted that the representation submitted by the petitioner was rightly considered and rejected by the 4th respondent. The averment of the petitioner that the 4th respondent has erroneously rejected his applications is without any merit or substance. Therefore, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. Heard the learned counsel and perused the material on record. Admittedly the petitioner is an employee of the Corporation and he made application to the 4th respondent with a request to alter his date of birth as per the school record. The 4th respondent rejected his request. Therefore, the petitioner submitted that he preferred an appeal to the 2nd respondent vide appeal dated 17.03.2010. Along with the writ petition the petitioner filed W.P.M.P. No.26847 of 2010 seeking a direction to the 2nd respondent to dispose of the consequential appeal dated 17.03.2010 under Regulation 19(1) of the Employees’ (Service) Regulations, 1964 of the A.P.S.R.T.C. In view of the fact that the petitioner stated to have preferred an appeal dated 17.03.2010 and the same is pending before the 2nd respondent, therefore, it is suffice to direct the 2nd respondent to consider the appeal dated 17.03.2010 stated to have been preferred by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders, within a period of two months, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, with the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH Date: 29.03.2011 LSK