N. Paul Vasanthakumar, J.

1. This writ petition is filed against the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.75 of 2008 dated 10.7.2009, dismissing the application filed by the petitioner seeking to quash the order of the Government dated 2.3.2007, rejecting the request of the petitioner seeking alteration of his date of birth from 14.5.1957 to 3.7.1958, in service records.

2. The case of the petitioner before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench, was as follows :

(a) Petitioner was directly recruited as Deputy Superintendent of Police (Category-I), selected through the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission vide G.O.Ms.No.526 dated 5.3.1987. He joined duty on 16.3.1987 and he was conferred IPS on promotion quota on 14.12.1999. His date of birth was entered as 14.5.1957 in the SSLC Certificate and in the School records, while admitting the petitioner by his parents in the school.

(b) According to the petitioner, the petitioner's parents are illiterate, who gave the wrong date of birth while admitting him in school, which was recorded in the SSLC certificate as well as in the service register. The claim of the petitioner is that his actual