1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel and perused the record also.

2. Here is a case of a Sinchpal (Irrigation Patrol), who has filed the present petition claiming before the Court that he was appointed as Sinchpal (Irrigation Patrol) on 1. 7. 1988 in Sarayu Nahar Khand-ll, Balrampur Gonda. It appears from the record that after joining the department, a Service Book was also prepared by the office, which was duly verified on 16. 4. 1988. The Service Book of a Government Servant is prepared in order to maintain entire service history of the concerned employee under the relevant Financial Rules as per the Fundamental Rules of the relevant Financial Hand Book. The Court has also perused various pages of the Service Book of the petitioner. After preparation of the Service Book of an employee, it has to be duly verified by the competent authority, which in the present case has- also been done on 19. 7. 1993 by the Executive Engineer, Sarayu Canal Division, Varanasi-Gyanpur. The entries recorded in the Service Book of the petitioner were duly verified by the subsequent Executive Engineers. The last entry in the Service Book of t