K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.

This is yet another case for carrying out correction of date of birth in the service records. Large number of cases are coming before this Court as well as before the Government for carrying out necessary correction of date of birth in the service records on the eve of retirement of the employees.

2. In the year 1991, Government felt the growing tendency on the part of Government employees to get the date of birth corrected when they are about to retire, had to be discouraged. Accordingly, Government reviewed the entire matter with due regard to the system followed in the case of Central Government employees. Government felt eventhough a person who joins service is aware of his date of birth at the time of entry into service, still an opportunity be given to him to make correction of his date of birth in bona fide cases. Earlier Government orders prescribed that a government employee can apply for correction of date of birth entered in his Service Book upto the period beyond two years preceding his retirement reckoned with reference to the date of birth as originally entered in the Service Book. Government felt the same would cause considerable diff