HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 26142 OF 2017

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Petitioner claims to have been appointed in respondent - Singareni Collieries Company Limited as a General Mazdoor at KKSA Incline, at Mandamarri on 18.9.1976, and thereafter, was promoted as a Trammer, Munshi Grade-II, Grade-D Supervisor. He worked as Grade-I Munshi from 01.01.2005. The grievance of petitioner is that he came to know that his date of birth was wrongly recorded by respondent authorities at the time of appointment as 10.09.1954 instead of 10.06.1958; he made an Application to the Colliery Manager of K.K 5A Incline (where he worked at that time) for rectification of date of birth as per 7th class transfer certificate No. 3804 which was issued on 18.11.1974 by the Head Master, Z.P. High School, Bachampet, Warangal District; then it was forwarded to General Manager, Mandamarri, who gave a reply dated 03.05.1996 stating that transfer certificate cannot be taken into consideration for correction of date of birth. He filed Writ Petition No. 30218 of 2010 challenging the reply after fourteen years, which was dismissed on ground of delay and latches and that if the Corporation takes any scheme f