This writ petition sought correction of the petitioner's date of birth in school records from 1994 to 1993. The court directed the school and CBSE to correct records upon verification.
Direction to school authority to correct date of birth and forward verified documents to Regional Officer within three months.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON
MONDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF MARCH 2015/9TH CHAITHRA, 1937
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PETITIONER:
ANAND SREEDHAR,'SIDHIVINAYAKAM',KRA - C-384, MATHILMUKKU,KUDAPPANAKUNNU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 043
BY ADVS.SRI.B.RAGUNATHAN SRI.G.GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI SRI.M.SALIM SRI.R.SRINATH SRI.P.PRAMOD SRI.V.M.JACOB
RESPONDENTS:
1. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR, CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, SIKSHA KENDRA,2,COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREET VIHAR,NEW DELHI - 110 301
2. REGIONAL OFFICER, CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, REGIONAL OFFICE,PLOT NO.3,J BLOCK, 16TH MAIN ROAD,ANNA NAGAR (WEST),CHENNAI - 600 040
3. REGIONAL OFFICER, CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, REGIONAL OFFICE,PATTOM,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 040
4. PRINCIPAL,MARYGIRI ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL, (SENIOR SECONDARY),KUDAPPANAKUNNU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 043
R1-R3 BY SRI.DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN,SC,CBSE
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30-03-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS:
EXT.P1-TRUE COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE DATED 25.9.2010 ISSUED BY THE REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS CORPORATION OF THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS:
NIL
//TRUE COPY//
P.S. TO JUDGE
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P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON, J.
W.P.(C)No.2651 OF 2015
......................................................................... Dated this the 30th March, 2015
J U D G M E N T
The petitioner is stated as aggrieved of the inadvertant mistake in the school records/certificates showing the date of birth of the petitioner as '25.11.1994' in place of '24.11.1993' .
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CBSE, Chennai, on which event, the same will be considered and appropriate steps will be pursued to redress the grievance of the petitioner.
possible, at any rate, within 'three months' from the date of receipt of a copy of the proceedings as aforesaid.
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The writ petition is disposed of as above. The
petitioner shall produce a copy of the judgment along with a copy
of the writ petition before third respondent/School authority for
further steps.
P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON JUDGE
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Court can correct the date of birth in school records by certifying on the documents presented.
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Division Bench of this CourtDistinguished¶41
W.A No.1948/2008
Anand Sreedhar
Central Board of Secondary Education
Regional Officer, Chennai
Regional Officer, Thiruvananthapuram
Principal, Marygiri English Medium School
P.R. Ramachandra Menon
As recorded by the court registry
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