JUDGMENT :

B.R. SARANGI, J.

1. The petitioner, who was an applicant for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose), pursuant to online advertisement issued on 22.07.2017 for Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)-CRP, RRBs-VI, has filed this application challenging rejection of his candidature during verification of original documents on the ground that at the time of uploading the application through online, his date of birth was indicated as "01.07.1988" though his actual date of birth is "01.06.1988."

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) published an advertisement on 22.07.2017 for Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)-CRP, RRBs-VI, which was to be conducted between September and November, 2017. The eligibility criteria were prescribed, including the age and educational qualifications. In the said advertisement,