JUDGMENT :

The petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer for quashing the notice of retirement dated 05/7.9.2011 issued by the Project Officer, Kooridih Colliery, Govindpur Area, BCCL, Dhanbad, whereby, petitioner was made to retire from the services of Company on 01.02.2011 on attaining the age of 60 years treating the date of birth as per record as 22.01.1951. The petitioner has further prayed for a direction upon the respondents to correct the date of birth of the petitioner as 01.01.1958 on the basis of his school leaving certificate and to allow him to continue in service till he attains 60 years of age.

2. Shorts facts of the case are that the petitioner joined the service of respondent-BCCL on 22.1.1979 and at the time of joining, he submitted his school leaving certificate. It is the specific case of the petitioner that date of birth of the petitioner is recorded as 01.01.1958 in the school leaving certificate and on that basis, PAN card was also issued to him. In the year 1987, it was detected that in service excerpts, his date of birth was wrongly mentioned as 22.01.1951. Thereafter the petitioner made several representations requesting to correct the date of birth