KARAM SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present regular second appeal has been filed by an unsuccessful plaintiff.

(2.) THE plaintiff-appellant filed a suit for declaration on August 24, 1985. It was claimed by him that his date of birth mentioned in the matriculation certificate as January 1, 1948 is absolutely incorrect and his correct date of birth is April 17, 1949 as correctly entered in the register maintained by the office of the Registrar, Births and Deaths, Amritsar. Consequently, a relief was sought against the defendants for directing them to correct the entry regarding date of birth of the plaintiff in the University record, as per the record maintained in the office the Registrar, Births and Deaths, Amritsar.

(3.) THE plaintiff further pleaded that he entered the Government service as a Lecturer on April 24, 1974 by joining G.K.S.N. Government College Tanda Urmur, District Hoshiarpur. In February, 1976 itself, the plaintiff applied to the Punjab University for correcting the date of birth. He also requested the D.P.I., Punjab, Chandigarh for correction of the date of birth in the service record. However, the State Government maintained that the plaintiff should first get his date of birth corrected in the University record and only thereafter his request for change of date of birth in the service record could be entertained. The plaintiff also pleaded that in May, 1981 he had joined Punjab Civil Services, Executive Branch but the matter with regard to the correction in his date of birth was still pending.