LAWS(KER)-2014-12-99

K. VIJAYAN Vs. JACOB JOB

Decided On December 19, 2014
K. VIJAYAN Appellant
V/S
Jacob Job Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner in these O.P.(KAT)s is the 3rd respondent in O.A.Nos.2054/2013 and 671/2013 on the file of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal at Thiruvananthapuram.

(2.) The 1st respondent in O.P.(KAT)No.174/2014 filed O.A.No.671/2013 before the Tribunal seeking an order to quash Annexure A7 Government Order dated 19.8.2010 correcting the date of birth of the petitioner in these O.P.(KAT)s as '29.10.1957' in his service book, in the place of the existing entry '25.3.1956'. He also sought declarations to the effect that, the correction of date of birth in the service book of the petitioner based on the application submitted on 20.11.1995, after the time limit stipulated in Annexure A1 Government Order dated 30.11.1991, is illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction; and that the inclusion of the name of the petitioner in Annexure A12 proposal sent by the State Police Chief to the Government in May, 2012, for preparation of a select list of the officers of the State Police Service for appointment to Indian Police Service (IPS) by promotion, on the basis of the date of birth corrected as per Annexure A7 Government Order, is arbitrary and illegal.

(3.) Similarly, respondents 1 to 3 in O.P.(KAT) No.173/2014 filed O.A.No.2054/2013 before the Tribunal seeking an order to quash Annexure A4 Government Order dated 19.8.2010 (same as Annexure A7 in O.A.No.671/2013) correcting the date of birth of the petitioner in these O.P.(KAT)s in his service book. They also sought a declaration that, the correction of date of birth in the service book of the petitioner as evidenced by Annexure A4 is illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction or authority and that the petitioner is not entitled for any service benefit based on the correction of his date of birth in the service book.