Court No.2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 3592 of 2001 (Old No. 1707 of 1999) Het Ram ……… Petitioner Versus U.P. State Electricity Board, Shakti Bhawan, Lucknow and others. ………. Respondents. ………………….. Sri Devesh Bishnoi, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri B.D.Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondents. Date: July 24,2008. Hon’ble P.C.Verma,J. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking writ of certiorari quashing the letter/order dated 03.08.1998, contained as Annexure No.2 to the writ petition. 2. The petitioner was appointed on 01.06.1966 in the Electricity Department. Subsequently in the year 1973 he was promoted on the post of lineman and was posted at Electric Distribution Division, Kichcha, District-Udham Singh Nagar. At the time of joining his service he submitted his School Leaving Certificate of Class V. In the certificate the petitioner’s date of birth was shown as 15.07.1942. Due to some default, the column of date of birth in the service book was kept blank. The petitioner received letter/order dated 03.08.1998 from the office of respondent No.2 that his date of birth was 17.01.1941 hence he will be retired from service on 31.01.1999 on superannuation of 58 years of age. The petitioner filed his objection on 22.09.1998 for correction of record but the respondents did not pass any order on his application. 2 3. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties at length. It is admitted to the petitioner that after receiving the notice dated 03.08.1998 from the respondents he filed objection for correction of date of birth in his service book. No objection can be allowed to be raised at the fag end and the date of birth recorded in the service book is correct. 4. I find no force in the writ petition. The petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. (P.C.Verma,J.) 24.07.2008 P.Singh