JUDGMENT/ORDER

PRITHVIRAJ K. CHAVAN, J. - Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Learned AGP waives service.

2. By consent, taken up forthwith for final disposal.

3. The petitioner is aggrieved with the impugned order of the respondent no.1, who declined to correct his date of birth in the Leaving Certificate as well as mark-sheet of HSC examination and all consequential documents thereafter.

4. The date of birth of the petitioner is 7/6/1997 which has been recorded with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation under the provisions of Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1969. The petitioner was admitted at Indira Primary School at Nagpur for his primary school education. His date of birth has been correctly mentioned in the school record. Thereafter, the petitioner was admitted at respondent no.5 - Saraswati Vidyalaya, Nagpur for his further studies on 11/5/2006. At the time of his admission in the said school, his date of birth was incorrectly recorded as 7/6/1996 instead of 7/6/1997. In order to pursue further education, the petitioner took admission on 31/7/2012 for prosecuting his 11th and 12th Standard. For that purpose, he was admitted in the respondent no.4 High School and Junior Col