1. The State Government, the Director of Public Instruction, Trivandrum and the Assistant Educational Officer, Changanacherry, have filed this appeal against the judgment of a learned judge allowing O.P.No. 2757 of 1977 and directing that the entry as to the date of birth in the writ petitioner's service register is liable to be corrected on the basis of the corrections made in the school records, and declaring that the petitioner is liable to retire only on 27 -10-1977. The 1st respondent was directed to pass appropriate orders on the basis of the entries in the School-records of the petitioner as corrected by the Commissioner for Government Examinations by Ext. P-1 order.

2. The writ petitioner's date of birth as entered in the service register was 15-10-1096 M. E.-27-4-1921. That would place his date of retirement on superannuation as 26-4-1976. He applied on 1-1-1974 (not produced) to the Deputy Commissioner for Examinations for correction of his date of birth as shown in the school records as 11-3-1098 M. E./27-10-1922. By Ext. P6 dated 30-4-1974 the Deputy Commissioner directed the petitioner to make the application before the appropriate authority who was the Comm