Application For Change of Birth Date cannot be Made at the Fag End of Service: SC

Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited Vs T.P. Nataraja & Ors. (Supreme Court of India)

After Considering it’s earlier decisions on the subject, the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in the case of  summarised the law on change of date of birth as under:

(i) application for change of date of birth can only be as per the relevant provisions/regulations applicable;

(ii) even if there is cogent evidence, the same cannot be claimed as a matter of right;

(iii) application can be rejected on the ground of delay and latches also more particularly when it is made at the fag end of service and/or when the employee is about to retire on attaining the age of superannuation.

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