Judgment

K. RAMASWAMY, J.- Leave granted.

2. The respondent had entered into the service as a Probationary Deputy Surveyor in Revenue Department of Madras Province on 12-1-1952. In his service record, his date of birth, as recorded in his Secondary School Leaving Certificate was 15-8-1933. His SSLC book contained a declaration of his father, as was the procedure in vogue, that the respondents date of birth was 15-8-1933. While the respondent was working as an Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, he was due to retire on attaining the age of superannuation of 58 years on 31-8-1991. On 14-8-1990, i.e., a year before retirement he made a representation to the Government, the appellant, stating, inter alia, that his father had inadvertently recorded his date of birth as 15-8-1933 in the school register but, in fact, his actual date of birth was 15-8-1935 and sought for its alteration enclosing certain birth certificates claiming to be of his sisters, brothers and of himself. The Government after examining his case rejected his request by letter dated 30-8-1991. On an application filed in the Administrative Tribunal, he contended that before rejecting the application, he was not