ORAL JUDGMENT

By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner who was at the relevant time working in the Gujarat Electricity Board, has prayed for an appropriate writ, direction and/or order quashing and setting aside the order passed by the respondent Board rejecting the request of the petitioner to correct his date of birth from 1st December 1938 to 11th February 1940. It is also further prayed to direct the respondent to correct the date of birth of the petitioner from 1st December 1938 to 11th February 1940 as per the circulars dated 20th June 1986 and 18th February 1974 (Annexures A and B), relying upon certificate issued by the Gondal Nagar Palika based upon the Births and Deaths Register maintained under the provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (for short “the Act”). It is also further prayed to quash and set aside the circular dated 12th May 1989 (Annexure H to the petition) by which it has been decided and provided that for satisfactory proof of the date of birth will mean the date of birth as recorded in the SSC or equivalent examination in case of those who have passed that examination and date of birth as