KRISHNA KUMAR KAWRE Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Present writ petition has been filed seeking for quashment of orders dated 30.06.2016 (Annexure P/10) and 10.03.2017 (Annexure P/15). Annexure P/10 is the document which has been issued by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education, Raipur, whereby the claim for correction of date of birth in the mark-sheet of Higher Secondary School certificate has been rejected on the ground of it being barred by time. It could have been done only within three years from the date of declaration of result.

(2.) Likewise, Annexure P/15 also is a letter issued by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education, Raipur, whereby on the representation made by the petitioner, it was informed by the Board to the petitioner that except for the rules which are governing the change of date of birth, there is no other scheme or mechanism prevailing in the Board pertaining to change of date of Birth.

(3.) Brief facts relevant for adjudication of the instant case is that, the petitioner is a Professor in the Medicine Department at Govt. Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. The petitioner originally belonged to district Bijapur (CG) and did his primary school education at Primary School, Gangaloor, District, Bijapur (Chhattisgarh). Subsequently, he appeared in the Higher Secondary Examination from the Govt. Multipurpose Higher Secondary School, Jagdalpur in the year 1974. According to the petitioner, his actual date of birth is 01.07.1959, however, due to some clerical mistake his date of birth at the Higher Secondary School, Jagdalpur, got mentioned as 05.02.1957 instead of 01.07.1959. The said erroneous date of birth continued to remain in existence and in due course of time he got his admission in the Medical College and after completion of his medical education, he was appointed as Assistant Professor in the State of Madhya Pradesh on 04.04.1990 and has been working in the different Medical Colleges in the State of MP. He is presently working as a Professor in the Medicine Department of Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal.