The plaintiff in O.S.No.129 of 1979 on the file of the District Munsif’s Court, Palani is the appellant in the above second appeal. He filed the suit for declaration declaring that his correct date of birth was 11. 1948, he belongs to Theeya Community and in consequence, a direction to the defendants to make suitable corrections in the S.S.L.C. Book.

2. The case of the plaintiff as found in the plaint are as follows: The plaintiff is the permanent resident of Agraharam, A.Kaliamputhur, Palani Taluk. His father died while he was young and he was brought up by his mother Vellaiammal, who is an illiterate. The plaintiff was born on 11. 1948 in the headquarters hospital at Coimbatore. His date of birth was reported by the Medical Officer of the hospital and the same was registered in the Coimbatore Municipality. The plaintiff belongs to Theeya Community. But it is generally mentioned as Hindu in the birth extract maintained in the Municipality at Coimbatore. The plaintiff was admitted in the Panchayat Elementary School in the Agraharam of A.Kalaiamputhur and at the time of his admission his mother being an illiterate woman furnished the date of birth to the school authorities