JUDGMENT :

(Mohd. Akram Chowdhary, J.) :

1. Appellant No. 2 Mohd. Adrees S/o Said Mohd. R/o Panjani Tehsil Mendhar District Poonch, who was alleged to have been selected for his recruitment in J&K Police in an on spot recruitment, had produced two School Leaving Certificates issued by Headmaster Govt. High School Burhutti Mendhar for 8th Class pass and reading in 10th Class on 16.09.1998 to Mr. Manohar Lal Mehra, Dy. SP Poonch and one of the certificates issued at Sl. No. 32 seemed to him to have been made fictitious by tampering with ink, as such, he forwarded the same to SHO P/S Mendhar to verify the authenticity of the certificate from the concerned authority and furnish a factual report to his office urgently.

2. SHO P/S Mendhar, on receipt of the communication from Dy. SP Poonch, requisitioned the record from Government High School, Burhutti, which was produced to him by appellant no. 1 Mustan Shah Teacher, Incharge Admission/Records. From the scrutiny of the record, tampering was found pertaining to the actual date of birth of appellant no. 2 Mohd. Andrees i.e. May 2, 1981, which calculated less than 18 years of qualifying age for Government employment. The School establishment