Applications of employees to change their date of birth should not be entertained when they apply for the same at the fag end of their service career: Orissa High Court

By
Tushar Gulati
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Orissa High Court

ORISSA: In the case of Ugrasen Sahu v. State of Odisha & Ors. The Orissa High Court has held that applications of employees to change their date of birth should not be entertained when they apply for the same at the fag end of their service career.

A Single Judge Bench headed by Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi said,

“Apart from the notification and the said guidelines, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a series of cases have categorically laid down that the employees should not be permitted to change the date of birth at the fag end of their service career. In the instant case the application of alteration has been filed at the fag end of the Petitioner’s service career.”

In this case, the petitioner is working as a peon in Dinapadma High School, Baghamund,

He made representations complaining that his date of birth has been wrongly recorded as 01.02.1963 instead of 01.02.1965.
Further, he told that his date of birth on his Government UP School Admission Register and in his Aadhar Card is recorded as 01.02.1965 but it is mentioned as 01.02.1963 in the service book and school leaving certificate.
In this case, the court held that From the conspectus of the factual matrix taken note of above, this court is of the opinion that the Petitioner’s claim is time-barred and hence, cannot be entertained. Moreover, in view of the consistent legal position and even on a plain reading of the Notification and the guidelines set out in the succeeding paragraphs leads to the conclusion that no application for alteration of date of birth after five years be entertained.”

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