The matter concerns the request for correction of date of birth of the petitioner in the school records. By Ext. P5 communication it was informed by the Central Board of Secondary Education that in the light of R.69.2 (iv) of the Examination Bye-laws the request cannot be entertained, as it is not within two years of the date of declaration of results of Class X Examination. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the same is not correct in the light of the decision of a Division Bench of this Court in W. A. No. 1948/2008 and connected cases and that of a learned Single Judge in W.P. (c) No.14854/2009.

2. The petitioner is now studying for the final year B.A. Degree course in Marlvanios College, Thiruvananthapuram. He passed 10th standard under the Central Board of Secondary Education in April, 2005 from the third respondent’s school and Ex.P1 is the true copy of the mark list. The petitioner was born 26.4.1989. In support of the same, true copy of the birth certificate issued by the Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram is produced as Ext.P2. But, in the school records, his date of birth has been wrongly entered the date of birth in the school records. The petition