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AMIT RAWAL, EASWARAN S.
Union Of India, Rep. By The Secretary, Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting, Government Of India, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi – Appellant
Versus
Sunny Joseph – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Easwaran, J.
Respondents in Original Application No.469/2022 before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench are before this Court in the present Original Petition. The Original Application was filed by the respondent herein seeking to challenge Annexures-A14, A15, A17, A19, A21, A24, A25, A28 and A31 orders. The grievance of the applicant before the Central Administrative Tribunal was that the petitioners herein rejected his request made by him for correction of date of birth entered in the service records.
2. The facts pleaded in the Original Application show that the applicant before the Central Administrative Tribunal entered service as an Engineering Assistant on 07.11.1989. At the time of his appointment, the date of birth entered in the service records as per the entries in the SSLC Book was 01.06.1964. Later, the applicant claimed that his actual date of birth is 02.07.1964. Further, it is contended that the said fact came to the knowledge of the applicant only when he took a copy of the birth certificate on 10.04.2007. Immediately thereafter, he approached the State Government for correction of the date of birth in the SSLC records, which was also accep
The court ruled that claims for correction of date of birth in service records, particularly at the fag-end of service, are not a matter of right and can be rejected due to delay and lack of proper e....
Applications for correction of date of birth in service records must be timely; delay can invalidate claims, even with evidence.
Applications for correction of date of birth at the fag end of service cannot be entertained, and finality and certainty in government service matters are crucial.
A public servant cannot claim alteration of their date of birth in service records at the fag end of their service career, especially after decades of acquiescence to the existing records, as such be....
A government employee's request for correction of date of birth in service records is subject to strict timelines; delays beyond prescribed periods can invalidate such corrections.
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