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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
SUDEEPTI SHARMA
Ram Avtar – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sudeepti Sharma, J.
Challenge in the present appeal is to the judgment and decree dated 06.09.2002 passed by learned Additional District Judge, Jhajjar (hereinafter referred to as 'First Appellate Court'), whereby the appeal filed by the respondents against the judgment and decree dated 20.05.2002 passed by learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jhajjar (hereinafter referred to as 'trial Court'), was allowed and the said judgment and decree dated 20.05.2002 passed by learned trial Court was reversed.2. The facts in brief are that the appellant/plaintiff was appointed as a Teacher in the Haryana Education Department in village Siwana District, Rohtak, on 24.02.1973. He was informed about the date of his retirement as 06.06.2003 on attaining the age of superannuation i.e. 58 years on the basis of his date of birth as 06.06.1945 as mentioned in his service record. He pleaded that his date of birth is not 06.06.1945 and in fact it is 06.06.1948 and on the basis of the same, after attaining three years' extension, he was due to retire on 06.06.2006. He further pleaded that his date of birth was recorded as 06.06.1945 in his matriculation certificate and in the service record su
Requests for correction of date of birth in service records made at the end of service are not sustainable unless made within prescribed time limits and with clear evidence of error.
Changes to recorded dates of birth in service records cannot be claimed as a matter of right and must comply with established regulations, particularly after a significant delay.
The court affirmed that applications for correction of date of birth must be made within two years of service entry, and delays undermine service integrity and affect junior employees' promotions.
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