M.Karpagavinayagam, J.

The question involved in this writ petition is whether Adimoolam, the second respondent herein is entitled to ask for correction of his date of birth as 6. 1940 instead of 19. 1938 which was according to him wrongly entered in his service record at the time when he had joined service.

2. The facts in brief are as follows:

Adimoolam, the second respondent herein joined the cadre of Police Constable on 7. 1964. At the time of joining, his date of birth was entered in the Service Register as 19. 1938. In the year 1979, he was issued with a memo directing him to appear before the Office of the Inspector General of Police for appending his signature in the service register. The second respondent refused to sign in the Service Register as he found that wrong entries have been made in regard to the native place, fathers name and date of birth and he sent his representation. On 11. 1981, he was issued with another memo directing him to appear before the I.G. Office to append his signature. When he found that mistake was not rectified, he refused to sign. Again he sent a representation to the I.G. Office to rectify the mistake. There was no response. On 112