ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. We have heard the counsel for both the parties. The respondent had appeared in the year 1971 for All India Civil Services Examination wherein she had annexed her school record in which her date of birth was recorded as 4-4-1949. On the basis of the selection in the competitive examination, she was selected for All India Revenue Service (Income Tax) in the year 1972 and she jointed the service in the said year. On 18-6-1985, she approached the University for correction of her date of birth to be 5-4-1950. The University by its proceedings dated 13-10-1986 had rejected the same. The respondent then filed an application on 5-2-1991 for correction of the date of birth which was rejected by the Government on 4-4-1991. Thereafter the respondent filed an OA in the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh. By the impugned order dated 6-1-1992, the Tribunal held that the date of birth of the respondent is 5-4-1950 and directed correction of her date of birth in the service record within the time specified in the order. Thus this appeal by special leave.

3. Shri R. S. Suri, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent, contended that the birth certificate gi