( 1 ) THE petitioner at present is working as Deputy Manager (Statistics) at bhagyanagar Region of the respondent-Corporation. The petitioner joined the services of the Corporation as Traffic apprentice Grade-2 on 1-6-1961 and after the completion of the training he was appointed as Traffic Inspector Grade-2 on 1-12-1962. At the time of his entry into service the petitioner produced the original higher secondary certificate issued to him by the School Authorities showing his date of birth as 11th October, 1937. Even in the application dated 1-5- 1961 filed by the petitioner seeking employment, the petitioner had mentioned his date of birth as 11th October, 1937. The Management of the Corporation made entries relating to the date of birth of the petitioner accordingly on the basis of the certificate produced by the petitioner. After a long lapse of 21 years, the petitioner in the year 1982 made a representation to the respondent contending that his actual date of birth is 11th October, 1938 and not 11th October, 1937 and requesting the management to alter his date of birth accordingly in the service Register. The said request of the petitioner was rejecting by the Chi