The petitioner joined the service of erstwhile A.P. Electricity Board as an Attender on 08.12.1970. He studied VIII Class and produced a Transfer Certificate in support of his educational qualifications. The Transfer Certificate contained the date of birth of the petitioner as 15.03.1952. The same was entered in his service register. The petitioner was also subjected to medical examination and it appears that the Medical Officer opined that the age of the petitioner as on the date of entry into service is 20 years. The petitioner came to know in the year 1986 that his age was mentioned as 20 years in the service register. Immediately, he made a representation, dated 18.12.1986, with a request that the date of birth mentioned in Transfer Certificate be treated as final. There was no response. He is sought to be retired from service with effect from 30.06.2008, on the ground that he attains the age of superannuation. The action of the respondents is challenged in this writ petition.

2. Sri A.K.Jayaprakash Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that on the date of entry into service itself, the date of birth of the petitioner in the service register was mentioned