Students should not be penalized for procedural delays in correcting personal details in academic records.

ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 11-12-2025 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner has successfully passed All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE), 2018 from Central Board of Secondary Examination. However some trivial mistake occurred in the Passing Certificate, Marks Sheet and Migration Certificate in the petitioners date of birth and his father’s name, which could not be rectified despite his all efforts. Hence the present writ application.

3. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner having completed his study from Oxbridge International School, Erro, Wazirganj, Gaya filled up the registration form for AISSE, 2018 and as per the School record his father’s name was mentioned as Sanjay Prasad Gupta alongwith the date of birth of the petitioner as 29.10.2003. It is not in dispute that the registration certificate issued in favour of the petitioner, his father’s name and date of birth was correctly mentioned and accordingly admit card was issued. However, in the admit card the father’s name was wrongly printed as Sanjay Parsad Gupta and date of birth was wrongly printed as 23.08.2003 in place of 29.10.2003. The petitioner declared passed in the AISSE, 2018 examination and accordingly, all the marks sheet and certificates have been issued, but with the incorrect father’s name and the date of birth. The petitioner approached before the respondent School by filing an appropriate application for correction of his father’s name and date of birth in the certificates issued by the respondent no. 1. The representation for necessary correction in the father’s name and the date of birth has been placed on record.

4. Respective counter affidavits have been filed on behalf of respondent School and the Central Board of Secondary Education. It is informed to this Court that on receipt of the application, the original attested documents of the petitioner for necessary correction alongwith the entire papers sought by the respondent Board for correction in the name of the petitioner’s father and date of birth have been duly sent by the School to the office of the Central Board of Secondary Education on

27.06.2025.

5. Learned Advocate for the Central Board of Secondary Education has submitted that the application for correction in date of birth duly forwarded by the Head of the School alongwith the documents mentioned in the bye-laws 69.2(iii) shall be entertained by the Board only within five years of the date of declaration of the result. No correction whatsoever shall be made on application submitted after the said period of five years. It is the contention of learned Advocate for the Board that since the examination was conducted long back in the year 2018 and the result was published accordingly, but the application for correction was made for the first time on 29.01.2024 and the School has sent the required documents on 27.06.2025 for correction. Thus, in view of the bye-laws 69.3(A)(iv), the application of the petitioner could not be entertained.

6. Having considered the submissions advanced by learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that it is not in dispute that the petitioner has successfully passed All India Secondary School Examination in the year 2018 from Central Board of Secondary Education and the registration certificate issued in favour of the petitioner clearly demonstrate the father’s name of the petitioner as Sanjay Prasad Gupta alongwith the date of birth of the petitioner as 29.10.2003. Hence, if any, delay has occurred on account of the petitioner, the petitioner being a bonafide student cannot be penalized for his little delay in approaching the authority. All the more, in case the trivial correction is not made, he shall be bound to suffer in his entire career for his no fault. It is admitted position that there was no mistake on the part of the petitioner and re