IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 17TH JULY 2007 / 26TH ASHADHA 1929 WP(C).No. 22011 of 2007(U) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------ BIJU T.M., S/O. MANI.S., THAZHUKUZHIYIL HOUSE, KANJIRAMATTOM, THODUPUZHA, IDUKKI. BY ADV. SRI.B.MOHANLAL RESPONDENTS: --------------------- 1. THE INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, COMBINED COUNCIL'S BUILDING, KOTTA ROAD, TEMPLE LANE, NEW DELHI. 2. THE REGISTRAR KARNATAKA STATE NURSING COUNCIL, NO.71 SURYA APARTMENT, A STREET 6TH CROSS, A.R. EXTENSION, GANDHI NAGAR, BANGALORE. 3. THE JOINT COMMISSIONER OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, POOJAPPURA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE SECRETARY, BOARD OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. I.V. PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/07/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)NO.22011 OF 2007 -------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 17th DAY OF JULY, 2007 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the holder of registration as a Nurse from the Karnataka State Nursing Council. The petitioner's date of birth was wrongly enetered in the school records. The petitioner got the school records corrected in accordance with the rules applicable in the State of Kerala. Now the petitioner wants correction of date of birth in the register of Karnataka State Nursing Council and the registration certificate. This is rejected by the second respondent on the ground that they can do the same only if the petitioner gets the school records corrected in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Government of Karnataka, which requires a court order. I have in a batch of writ petitions held that the second respondent cannot insist on the same since the school is in Kerala and the school records can be corrected only in accordance with the rules applicable in the State of Kerala. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to correct the date of birth of the petitioner in the register as well as in the registration certificate of W.P.(c)No.22011/07 2 the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd