The court emphasized the importance of evidence and approval for any alterations made in official records, especially regarding personal details such as date of birth.

JUDGMENT

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records connected with the proceedings issued in Na.Ka.No.7744/2019/H1 dated 19.08.2019 passed by the respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to produce the petitioner''s school certificates which was produced by the petitioner at the time of appointment.)

1. This writ petition has been filed seeking to call for the records connected with the proceedings issued in Na.Ka.No.7744/2019/H1 dated 19.08.2019 passed by the respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to produce the petitioner''s school certificates which was produced by the petitioner at the time of appointment.

2. The facts of the case in a nutshell:-

2.1 The petitioner was appointed as Sanitary Supervisor on compassionate ground on the demise of his father namely Razak by the proceedings of the Executive Officer, Selection Grade Town Panchayat, Vandavasi by his proceedings issued in 1258/88/A1 dated 08.07.1988 and joined in the said office on 13.07.1988. While joining the duty, the petitioner has surrendered his school certificate and that was accepted by the Executive Officer, Vandavasi Town Panchayat and he has studied upto 8th std in Sannathi School of Vandavasi and his date of birth also mentioned as in the School records as 05.04.1962. The respondent issued a memo on 19.08.2019 by his proceedings issued in Na.Ka.No.7744/2019/H1 that in the petitioner''s service register the date of birth has been mentioned as 05.04.1960 whereas it was altered as 1962 and the alteration made in service register does not reflect who has done so. Challenging the above order dated 19.08.2019 the petitioner has filed the present writ petition.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that at the time of joining, the petitioner''s date of birth and name as per the School records is 05.04.1962, R.Sheik and his father''s name is P. Razak Maraickkayar and the same has been entered in the service register at the time of joining in Vandavasi Town Panchayat. The learned counsel further submitted that at the time of retirement of the petitioner, while preparing the list of retirees in the year 2020 and while verifying the relevant service register of the retirees it was found in the service register at first page the date of birth of the petitioner is mentioned as 05.04.1960 but subsequently it was changed as 1962 by pen and even in the second page of the service register it is changed from 1960 to 1962 even in numerical and in words and the same done by different pen and this correction took place when and on what basis there is no detail available and there is no endorsement by the superior officer for the correction made. Hence the petitioner''s date of birth is taken as 05.04.1960 and the date of retirement is declared as 30.04.2020. If at all any person wants to make change in the date of birth it has to be done within 5 years period as per the Government Rules from the date of joining the service and in the instant case the petitioner has joined the service on 13.07.1988 but he has not given any application for correction in the date of birth till his retirement. Hence the correction in the date of birth cannot be done without the approval of the superior authority and the correction made in the service register of the petitioner cannot be accepted and based on his date of birth, the petitioner''s date of birth is taken as 05.04.1960 and the retirement date will be 30.04.2020. Subsequently the petitioner also gave a representation dated 24.08.2019 to the Commissioner, Kancheepuram Municipality, Kancheepuram to produce the school records which was produced by him at the time of appointment, since he was working there as on the date of impugned order dated 19.08.2019 and the petitioner also gave another representation dated 05.09.2019 requesting the r