JUDGMENT :

Subramonium Prasad, J.

(Prayer: Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the order, dated 11/7/2018, passed in W.P.No.16510 of 2018.)

1. Order, dated 11/7/2018, passed in W.P.No.16510 of 2018 has been assailed in the instant writ appeal.

2. Facts in brief are as follows:-

Appellant states that she was born, on 17/7/1997, in Madurai. She completed her X and XIII standards. Her Date of Birth is mentioned as 17/5/1997 in School certificates instead of her actual Date of Birth i.e., 17/7/1997. Hence, the petitioner gave a representation, dated 20/4/2018, requesting alteration of her Date of Birth, but it was not replied to, which led the petitioner to file writ petition No.16510 of 2018, to direct the respondents, to correct the date of the petitioner’s birth to 17/7/1997 instead of 17/5/1997, in 10th and +2 mark sheets.

3. Learned Single Judge, vide, order, dated 11/7/2018, rejected the writ petition, placing reliance on Rule 5 of the Tamil Nadu Secondary Education Certification Rules, which reads as under:-

“5. Entries in regard to name, date of birth, etc., and Schools attended -Entries Nos.1 to 8 on page 1 of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate should be fill