IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3768 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 04, 2010. Gurdeep Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Deepak Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.S.Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.B.S.Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a direction for his immediate retirement on superannuation on the basis of his date of birth being 12.1.1952 in the 8th Class certificate, original of which is in the custody of the official C.W.P.No .3768 of 2010 2 respondents. It is further averred that by mistake, his date of birth in the service book is entered as 5.8.1952. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to verify the records and take an appropriate decision on or before 30.4.2010. It is made clear that in case the petitioner is retained in service on the basis of his date of birth being 5.8.1952, he will not be accused of concealing the facts nor his retiral benefits shall be delayed on that count. Dasti. March 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE