JUDGMENT :

B.R. Sarangi, J.

1. The petitioner, who is a student of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), has filed this writ petition seeking to quash the order dated 11.06.2018 under Annexure-11 rejecting his application for correction of date of birth.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that the petitioner was prosecuting his study at M.R. Boys' High School, Parlakhemundi as a regular student. He appeared H.S.C. Examination in the year 2010 under the Board of Secondary Education, Orissa and became unsuccessful. Consequentially, he left the said school and was issued with transfer certificate (T.C.) bearing No. 1286501 dated 18.10.2010, along with Enrollment Card (E.C.) bearing No. DAM001/230/08 vide Annexures-1 and 2 respectively issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Orissa, wherein the date of birth of the petitioner was mentioned as "08.03.1994". On receipt of such certificate, the petitioner took admission at National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), which is an autonomous Institution under the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) Department, Government of India, having its regional centre and accredited institutes all over India.

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