( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution submitted by the petitioner for the issue of a writ of mandamus or certiorari or any other kind of writ or direction.

( 2 ) THE case of the petitioner is that he had been employed as a Circle Inspector in the Police Department of the State of Madhya Pradesh till 13-8-1962 when he was retired on the ground that he had attained the age of superannuation in spite of his protest, and that he had not reached the age of Fifty-five on that date. According to the petitioner his real date of birth was 18-12-1911 and that that date had been accepted as such for the purpose of his life-Insurance by the Life, insurance Department of the Holkar State as far back as on 7-12-1934, after getting him medically examined on 22-12-1932; that he had passed the Patwari's examination in the year 1928 from the State of Jhalarapatan and the certificate of passing dated 26-10-1928 issued under the signature of the Revenue Minister of the State mentioned his date of birth as 18-12-1911; that in spite of this the petitioner was taken to have been born on 13-8-1907 on the basis of a statement in the certificate of the State Assistant S