JUDGMENT :

PANKAJ PUROHIT, J.

1. This appeal emanates from the judgment and order of learned Single Judge passed in WPSS No. 1092 of 2020 (Buddhi Ballabh Bhatt vs. State of Uttarakhand & others) dated 30.09.2022 by which the writ petition filed by the appellant seeking correction of his date of birth in service records has been dismissed.

2. The facts which are necessary to dispose of the appeal are recapitulated as under:

Appellant was appointed as Line Coolie in the Department of Electricity Distribution Division Tehri Garhwal on 18.06.1984. In the year 1991, the appellant came to know that his date of birth is not correctly mentioned in the service book as per his educational certificates submitted by him at the time of his joining in service. He made a representation before the Sub-Divisional Officer Electricity, Tehri Garhwal dated 10.01.1991 to correct his date of birth in the service record, but of no result.

3. It is the case of the appellant that when he joined service in the year 1984, prior to that, appellant had appeared in high school examination in the year 1981, but he failed and a mark-sheet of his being ‘fail’ was issued by the Board on 04.08.1981. According to the appe