Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed a High Court order that held the employee Shivnarain Upadhyaya's date of birth to be 1‑Sept‑1939, based on school records, and ordered him to refund salary paid after his superannuation. The Supreme Court examined the service book, which showed the date of birth as 1‑Sept‑1930, a rec…

The respondent, a police constable, applied for correction of his date of birth in his service record after receiving a retirement order based on the recorded birth year of 1923. The High Court allowed the correction on the basis of a school leaving certificate and directed payment of arrears for the period up to the r…

The respondent, a government teacher appointed in 1978, sought correction of his date of birth recorded in his service book after 28 years of service, alleging a clerical error. The Education Officer and Head Master rejected his application, citing Rule 38(2)(f) of the Maharashtra Civil Services (General Conditions) Ru…

M. Hayagrevsarma, a government employee, had his date of birth recorded in his service book on the basis of his S.S.L.C. certificate and applied for alteration in 1962, which was rejected in 1968. After the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Recording and alteration of date of birth) Rules, 1984 came into force, he file…

The respondent, a government employee who entered service in 1952, sought correction of his date of birth a year before his scheduled superannuation, claiming his father had recorded it incorrectly. The State rejected the application, and the Administrative Tribunal set aside the rejection, directing an extension of se…