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TIWARI Date: 2026.05.15

17:27:09 +0530

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2026:CGHC:22809

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPC No. 2457 of 2026

Aarti Tiwari D/o. Jai Prakash Tiwari Aged About 31 Years R/o. C/o.

Prateek Upadhyay, B- 254 Pragati Nagar Near Shramveer Stadium

Deepka District- Korba (C.G.)

... Petitioner

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of School

Education Mahanadi Bhawan New Raipur Dist.- Raipur (C.G.)

2 - The Secretary Chhattisgarh Board Of Secondary Education Raipur

District- Raipur (C.G.)

3 - The Registrar Chhattisgarh Board Of Secondary Education Pension

Bada, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.)

4 - The District Education Officer Surguja District- Surguja (C.G.)

5 - The Principal Swami Vivekanand Higher Secondary School

Bishrampur District- Surguja (C.G.)

... Respondents

(Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

For Petitioner : Mr. Vijay Shankar Mishra, Advocate

For State/Respondents : Mr. Shreyansh Mehta, P.L.

No. 1, 4 and 5

For Respondents No. 2 : Mr. R.S. Patel, Advocate

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Hon’ble Shri Amitendra Kishore Prasad, Judge

Order on Board

14.05.2026

1. By filing the present writ petition, the petitioner assails the inaction

on the part of respondent authorities in not considering and

deciding the petitioner’s representation dated 10.06.2016 seeking

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correction of her date of birth in the Class 10th mark-sheet from

02.07.1993 to 02.07.1992, despite the petitioner claiming that her

correct date of birth is 02.07.1992 as reflected in the school

records and other educational documents, and seeks a direction

to the respondents to issue corrected mark-sheet/certificate in

accordance with law. The petitioner has prayed for following

relief(s):-

“(1) That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be

pleased to call for the entire records/documents

in relation to the case of the petitioner from the

possession of respondents for its kind perusal.

(2) That this Hon'ble Court may also kindly be

pleased to issue any appropriate

order(s)/writ(s)/direction(s) and direct to the

Respondent No. 2 and No. 3 to consider the

case of the petitioner and issue the correct

Mark Sheet cum Certificate of Performance of

Class 10th (Session 2007-08) with the correct

date of birth as 02.07.1992.

(3) That this Hon'ble Court be pleased to grant

such other relief(s) in favour of the petitioner,

as it may deem fit and proper in the interest of

justice.

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(4) Cost of the petition may also be granted to

the petitioner.”

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the actual and

correct date of birth of the petitioner is 02.07.1992, which is duly

recorded in the Dakhil Kharij Register of the school where the

petitioner initially studied and is also reflected in her earlier

educational records and academic documents. It is submitted that

on the basis of the Transfer Certificate issued by the earlier

institution, the petitioner pursued her studies in different schools

and ultimately completed her education including Master of Arts

from C.V. Raman University, Bilaspur. Learned counsel submits

that all the documents prior to Class 10th consistently mention the

petitioner’s date of birth as 02.07.1992.

3. It is further submitted that while the petitioner was admitted in

Swami Vivekanand Higher Secondary School, Bishrampur for

Class 10th examination, due to an inadvertent clerical error, her

date of birth came to be wrongly recorded as 02.07.1993 instead

of 02.07.1992. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner was

unaware of such erroneous entry at the relevant time and the said

discrepancy came to her knowledge only after issuance of the

mark-sheet and certificate by the Board.

4. Learned counsel would further submit that immediately after

discovering the aforesaid error, the petitioner submitted a detailed

representation dated 10.06.2016 before the competent authorities

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requesting correction of her date of birth in the Class 10th mark-

sheet on the basis of the original school records and supporting

educational documents. However, de