By some ratiocination of their own, the authorities worked 22 years back from the date of his discharge from military service and fixed his date of birth as 6 7 1924.
The U.P. Public Service Tribunal, Lucknow, on appellants petition substantially agreed with the reasoning of the authorities but reckoned his date of birth 22 years prior to the date of the certificate of discharge and fixed 25th September, 1924 as the date of birth, working 22 years backward from the date of the certificate and number the date of discharge as had been done by the authorities.
The writ petition was preferred against the order dated 31st July, 1982 of the U.P. Public Service Tribunal relating to an alteration made by the respondents in the entry in his service records as to his date of birth.
There was some companytroversy whether it was 1 1 1925 or 1 11 1925.
Appellant made a claim before the authorities that the duration of his earlier military service should be added to his service under Government.
The former was an inadvertent error and the date was to be read as 1 11 1925.
In that companynection, he produced the discharge certificate dated 26th September, 1946, issued by the military authority, which indicated his age as on the date of discharge as 22 years.
Appellants date of birth as entered in the Vernacular Examination Certificate was 1st November, 1925.
This document became the cause for the alteration of the date of birth in his service records.
The service record of the appellant, it is number disputed, initially had an entry indicating his date of birth as 1st November, 1925.
Appellant was aggrieved by this change in the entry of his date of birth, which in effect would reduce the duration of his service by about an year and four months.
We have heard Sri R.D. Upadhyay, learned Counsel for the appellant and Sri Pramod Swarup, learned Counsel for the respondents.
On 6th July, 1942, appellant was enrolled in the military service from which he was discharged in 1946.
Thereafter, on 1st January, 1947 he was appointed as a Constable in the Police Department.
On a companysideration of the matter, we think this appeal should succeed.
