Ujjal Bhuyan, J.

1. By filing this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner seeks quashing of letter dated 11.01.2012, issued by the Divisional Forest Officer, Nagaon Division, informing the petitioner that he would attain the age of superannuation on 31.01.2012, on which date, he would be relieved from the service of the Forest Department, Government of Assam. Case of the petitioner is that he passed HSLC examination (Matriculation) in the year 1969 and as per his matriculation certificate dated 21.06.1969, he was aged about 15 years 1 month as on 01.03.1969. On the basis of petitioner's matriculation certificate, his date of birth is 01.02.1954. Petitioner joined service in the Forest Department, Government of Assam, as a Range Assistant (Lower Division Assistant) on 06.11.1971. In the service roll of the petitioner, his date of birth was entered as 01.02.1952. According to the petitioner, he came to know about the said erroneous entry regarding his date of birth only in the year 2001 while he was preparing relevant papers seeking loan against his provident fund dues. It is stated that immediately after coming to know about the aforesaid distorti