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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY
Yatish Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.
1. The petitioner was appointed on the post of Shramik at Harduaganj Thermal Power Plant, Kasimpur, Aligarh vide an appointment letter dated 18.3.1988.
2. At the time of entry in service, petitioner’s date of birth was mentioned on basis of a report of medical examination dated 19.10.1987 that at that stage, petitioner appears to be 20 years old and accordingly in service records his date of birth was recorded as 19.10.1967 and same was mentioned in other documents also including information uploaded on web portal of respondent Nigam and according to said date of birth, petitioner’s date of retirement would be 31.10.2027.
was deleted by using white fluid and just below it was mentioned in Hindi as 
though the date of retirement i.e. 31.10.2027 was not disturbed. For reference, sca
Employment rights include the correction of clerical errors impacting service continuity, with adherence to principles of natural justice necessary when determining an employee's age.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the requirement for irrefutable proof and timely requests for correction of date of birth in service records, as well as the limitations on seeking....
The court ruled that corrections to an employee's recorded date of birth must be made promptly and substantiated by irrefutable evidence, especially when requested at the end of service.
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