1. The petitioner was born on 13-11-1918. By a clerical mistake his date of birth was shown in his Teachers' Training Certificate as 6-9-1916. Consequently, his service book also shows his date of birth as 6-9-1916. By an order of 3-11-1977, the Commissioner for Government Examinations directed correction of the mistaken entry of his date of birth in the T. T. Certificate, and this has been done. Ext. P1, T. T. Certificate now shows the petitioner's date of birth as 13-11-1918. However, his application for correcting his date of birth entered in his service book was rejected by the Government as per Ext P2 proceedings on the ground that the application in that behalf was filed out of time. Petitioner prays for a writ of certiorari quashing Ext. P2 order and for a writ of mandamus directing the Government to correct the entry relating to his date of birth in his service book from 6-9-1916 to 13-11-1918 and to pay the petitioner all salary and allowances on the basis of such correction.

2. At the time this writ petition was filed the petitioner was the headmaster of the aided school under the management of the 3rd respondent He retired from service on 31-3-1979. Thus his d