Hon’ble Rakesh Sharma, J.—Heard learned Counsel for parties.

2. Here is an interesting dispute regarding date of retirement of the petitioner. Admittedly, the petitioner had entered into services in the year 1965. He was not High School at the time of entry into service. His service-book was prepared and duly verified by the District Handicap and Social Welfare Officer, Lucknow in the year 1965. The thumb-impressions of the petitioner alongwith counter-signature of District Handicap and Social Welfare Officer, Lucknow verifying his date of birth as 27.11.1944, are available on the first page of the service-book. The petitioner, who is a blind person, had passed High School from the Board of Secondary Education, Allahabad in the year 1969. In the High School certificate, his date of birth has been recorded as 1.11.1943. The submission of the learned Counsel for the petitioner is that applying Rule 2 of U.P. Recruitment of Service (Determination of Date of Birth) Rules, 1974, which is quoted below, the petitioner’s date of birth should be taken as 27.11.1944 as recorded in his service-book and he could not have been retired on 30.11.2004 on the basis of the entry recorded in h