Employer cannot dispute date of birth of employee at fag end of his service: SC

Shankar Lal Vs Hindustan Copper Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) Facts- The appellant is before us primarily questioning the validity of an order of the employer treating his date of birth as 21st September 1945. This date has relevance for computation of his benefits accruing from a Voluntary Retirement Scheme, for which he applied and was granted. The appellant’s stand is that his date of birth is 21st September 1949. The appellant had invoked the writ jurisdiction of the High Court, but was unsuccessful before a Single Judge and the Division Bench in sustaining his case. If the latter date, ...