JUDGMENT :

By filing this writ application, the petitioner has prayed to quash the order dated 23/27.02.2021 (Annexure-12) by which his application for correction of his date of birth in the service records including Form-B was rejected. Further prayer has been made to allow the petitioner to continue in service till April, 2025 on the basis of date of birth recorded in the matriculation certificate. Further prayer has been made to correct his date of birth as 6.4.1965 in place of 25 years as on 5.11.1986 as recorded in his service records.

2. The petitioner has passed his matriculation from Bihar School Education Board in the year 1991. The matriculation certificate was issued in August, 1981 recording his date of birth as 6th April, 1965. The petitioner was appointed as Miner Loader by the respondents on 3.11.1986 and he was regularized on 12.8.1987. The Form-B register, which is a statutory register, was opened wherein his age was recorded as 25 years as on that date. It is the case of the petitioner that he objected such recording by filing an application on 19.8.87. The petitioner was thereafter promoted as General Mazdoor Category-I considering his educational qualification whi