Malimath. G. J.

The petitioner made an application for correcting his date of birth entered in the service register wherein' his date of birth is shown as 12-5-1107 M.E. The case of the petitioner was that he has got his date of birth corrected in the S.S.L.C. register and therefore a consequential correction in the service register should be made so that he has the benefit of remaining in service for longer period. That application was rejected on the ground that the correction of date of birth in the school records does not cast an obligation on the Government to carry out that correction in the service records as a matter of course and that the Government has the right to consider the merits of each case independently subject to the condition stipulated in GO. (MS) No. 39/79/PD dated 22-1-1972. It is made clear in the said order that except in exceptional cases where it has been adequately made out that the concerned officer did not and could not have an opportunity to make his request for correction or alteration of date of birth, a Govt. servant will cot be allowed to make a request for correction of his date of birth in the service register, with its two years of t