IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5952 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIKHIL S. KARIEL ========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================

DHARMESHKUMAR JITENDRABHAI JOSHI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS BHAKTI M JOSHI(3820) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR DIPAK R DAVE(1232) for the Respondent(s) No. 2,3 ========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIKHIL S. KARIEL Date : 24/04/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Heard learned Advocate Ms. Bhakti Joshi on behalf of the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader Ms. Nirali Sarda and learned Advocate Mr. Dipak Dave on behalf of respondent- Board.

2. The issue as raised in the present petition being one covered by a catena of decisions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, that is with regard to an application for change of date of birth at the fag end of service, therefore, facts, as much as are required, are narrated hereinbelow:

2.1 The petitioner had joined the respondent as a Helper in the