T PANDURANGAM Vs. GENERAL MANAGER SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This writ appeal is directed against the judgment of our learned brother Justice P. A. Chowdary in Writ Petition No. 4655 of 1982 dated 6/09/1982, by which the writ petition was dismissed. This appeal is therefore preferred by the writ petitioner.

(2.) It is necessary to set out the fairly long history of the case in order to understand the points involved.

(3.) The petitioner-appellant is presently working as Senior Accounts Officer in South Central Railway, Secunderabad. The petitioner jointed the Nizam Railways dated 1/11/1939, as a probationary clerk. At the time of joining service he had given his date of birth as 7/03/1922. The said date was contained in the transfer certificate issued by the Mahboob College, Secunderabad where the petitioner studied upon 6th Form.