The Tribunal having rejected the representation, the appellant has filed this appeal by special leave.
The case of the appellant is that in April, 1978, on the occasion of the marriage of his son, an old relative of his told him, when the question of his date of birth was broached, that he companyld number have been born in April, 1924 because it was in that very year that his parents were married.
A.P. praying that his date of birth should be companyrected as August 19, 1925.
In the service register the date of his birth was shown as April 20, 1924.
On September 26, 1978 the appellant made a representation to the Secretary to the Government, Revenue Department.
That representation was turned down on the ground that it was number filed within ninety days of February 10, 1976, as provided under the rules issued in G.O.Ms.
The appellant then filed a Petition before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal under paragraph 7 of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal Order, 1975, praying that in the circumstances stated by him in his affidavit, the Tribunal be pleased to issue an order declaring that his true date of birth is August 19, 1925, and that the date of birth recorded in the service record as April 20, 1924 is incorrect.
50, Finance and Planning F.R.I. Department, dated February 10, 1976.
The appellant joined service on April 7, 1943 in the Revenue Department in West Godavari District and thereafter he was transferred to the Commercial Tax Department in 1946.
V. Chandrachud, C.J. This is an appeal by special leave against a judgment dated October 9, 1979, of the Andhra pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad.
