ORDER :

By way of this Writ Petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following relief:-

“That writ of mandamus may kindly be issued and the respondents No.1 and 2 may kindly be directed to get the date of birth of the petitioner corrected in the office record and instead of 14.02.1967, the date of birth of the petitioner may be ordered to be recorded as 14.02.1969 and furthermore, the respondent No.3 may also be directed to issue revised detail-marks cards for the 8th and 10th standard.”

2. Brief facts necessary for the adjudication of the present petition are as under:-

3. According to the petitioner, he joined as a Clerk in the office of respondent No.2 on 28.01.2008. At the time of his joining, the respondent-Department had entered his date of birth in the service record as 14.08.1967, in terms of his date of birth reflected in his matriculation certificate. However, said date of birth of the petitioner as was entered in the service record as also in the matriculation certificate, was incorrect as his actual date of birth was 14.08.1969. Accordingly, the petitioner made a representation to the respondents for the correction of his date of birth. According to the petitioner, he ap