1.According to the petitioner, there was an inadvertent error in the date of birth that had been supplied by him at the time of his joining in service. He wanted to get it corrected after a few years of his entry in service. In order to curb the tendency of Officers to apply for corrections after their entry in service, following the pattern in vogue in respect of Central Government Employees, Ext. P1 order has been passed by the State Government on 30/12/1991. It had been prescribed by Ext. P1 that the time limit for making an application for correction of Date of Birth was five years from the date of entry into service. In respect of the Employees already in service, one year's time had been given for such purpose.

2. Petitioner submits that within one year of Ext. P1. an application as Ext. P2 had been submitted. But he has no claim that at that time his basic records had been corrected by the competent authority. Ext. P2 was not acted upon. The petitioner had been making attempts thereafter to get the date corrected, and was ultimately successful.

3. After crossing the first hurdle, he had again approached the Government for getting such date incorporated in the Service Book. Poi