ORDER

1. The petitioner has approached this court for a direction to the respondent No.1/Board to carry out requisite correction regarding his date of birth in his mark-sheet of Class-10th (Annexure P/2).

2. The case of the petitioner is that as per his birth certificate (Annexure P/1), his date of birth is 19.5.1998 and inadvertently, in Class 10th marksheet, his date of birth is mentioned as 7.7.2000. He also placed reliance on the school leaving certificate (Annexure P/4) dated 4.7.2013 which mentions the correct date of birth and also the admission register (Annexure P/5) which also records the correct date of birth as 7.7.2000. On 2.8.2018 (Annexure P/7) he made an application to the respondent/Board for correction of his date of birth in the mark sheet of Class 10th. Since no decision was taken, therefore, he approached this Court for appropriate direction.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance on a decision of this Court in the matter of Isha Mongia v. Central Board of Secondary Education [W.P.No.15198/2017 dated 15.11.2018.] to contend that on account of any inadvertent mistake, the student should not suffer for any wrong entry made in the mark-sheet and acc