28. Rules have been framed by the State Government under Section 30 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 in supersession of the Kerala Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 1970 as the Kerala Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 1999. By virtue of the 1969 Act, it was made obligatory to inform the Registrar about the birth and death in a household, in hospital, health centre, nursing home or the like institution and the Registrar was under obligation to maintain appropriate register with respect to the same. Necessary rules have also been framed by the State Government to give effect to the statutory provisions. No doubt, once an entry is made in the register maintained by competent authority in accordance with the statutory provision, it raises a presumption of correctness to the date of birth entry. 29. But, in these batch of cases, we are not concerned with the correctness of the actual date of birth of the candidate. Here is an instance where while admitting the candidate to the school, the parents or guardian, as the case may be, had given a particular date of birth whereas in the register maintained by the statutory authority, the date of birth is different. This can arise under different circumstances. One may be a deliberate act, as the parent or guardian with full knowledge of the actual date of birth gives a different date of birth in the school for some advantage at the relevant time. Fraud may be practiced, or it can also be an instance of mistake or on account of negligence or carelessness. But it is
