1. In this writ application the petitioner has prayed that his date of birth be corrected as 5.11.40. The petitioner has retired after 58 years. It appears that he was appointed as a Constable on the ground of being an outstanding football player and his date of birth mentioned in the verification register as also the Service Book is recorded as 1935. In support of his claim for correction of the date of birth as 5.11.40 he has produced Matriculation Certificate and a Certificate of the Headmaster granted on 9.11.92. According to him he learnt only in December, 1992 that the column meant for the date of birth in the Service Book had been left blank by the Reserve Officer and some staff in the Reserve Office, after detecting this missing entry, mischievously wrote 1935 in the column meant for the date of birth.

2. We find no evidence in support of. the allegation that some Officers in Reserve Office made wrong entry in the Service Book as 1935. The petitioner did not produce any certificate in support of his age or even the horoscope when he entered the service. The verification register as also the Service Book has been signed by the petitioner in his own writing in English