HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENAKUMARI WRIT PETITION NO:7130 OF 2010 DATE:22.7.2010. Between: Md. Sardar …Petit And: 1. The APSRTC rep., by its Managing Director, Musheerabad Hyderabad and others. …Respond This Court made the following: HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENAKUMARI WRIT PETITION NO:7130 OF 2010 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a writ of mand to declare the action of the respondents in not changing his date of entered in his service record, in spite of proceedings No.P1/255(1)/2 NKD, dated 1.10.2004, as illegal and arbitrary and contrary to regulations and consequentially to direct the respondents to change the of birth of the petitioner basing on the bonafide certificate issued b school authorities forthwith. The brief facts of the case are as follows: The petitioner was appointed as a driver in the respon Corporation in the year 1989. Though he submitted a certificate menti his date of birth as 8.7.1961, without considering the same, he was se Medical Board of the APSRTC, wherein the Doctor assessed his age years at the time of appointment in the year 1989 and accordingly, the of birth of the petitioner was fixed and entered as 30.10.1954. The peti made a representation to the then Divisional Manager on 29.11.199 rectification of his date of birth in service record before even regularizat his services. As there is no response, he again made a representatio 28.6.2004 to the then Depot Manager by enclosing relevant certificates the said representation was not considered so far. Because of the w entry, the petitioner should retire in the year 2012. Therefore, again he a representation on 20.2.2007 in this regard, but no action has not yet taken. Heard the learned Counsel and perused the material availab record. It is the case of the petitioner that he was appointed in the year and he made a representation on 29.11.1991 for correction of his da birth and again, in the year 2004 and 2007. The present writ petition been filed in the year 2010 questioning the inaction of the respond When no action was taken on the first representation, he ought to approached the appropriate forum. Instead of choosing the said exercis kept quiet for about 13 years and thereafter he made representations any way, the present writ petition has been filed nearly after a period years from the date of his appointment. At this length of time, the claim made by the writ petitioner by w this writ petition that too, at the fag end of his service, cannot be entert being belated, in the light of the judgment of the Apex Court in Punj Haryana High Court at Chandigarh Vs. Megh Raj Garg and anoth wherein it is held that, the claim made by the employees long after en into service cannot be entertained. Since the APSRTC is also a Corporation of the Government a view of the above guidelines of the Apex Court, I feel that the claim ma the petitioner cannot be entertained at this length of time and the writ pe is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ Justice T.Meenaku Date:22.07.2010 NN HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENAKUMARI WRIT PETITION NO:7130 of 2010 DATE:22.7.2010. [1] 2010(4) Supreme 464