"An application for corrccrron of rhe date oI birth should not be dealt with by thc Tribunal or rhe lligh Court keeping in vicw only the public scrwant conccrDed. It need nor be pointed out that any such direction for correction ol thc datc of birth of the public servant conccrned has a chain rt:actiorr, inasmuch as others r.vaiting for -ycars,belou, him lor thelr respectivc promotions arc affccted in this process. Some are likely to sulf(:r rrreparablc injur1., inasmuch as, bccause of the correction of the datc of birth, the officer concerned, continues in officer, in some cases lirr -years, within rvhich time many officers rvho are belorv hirn irr scniority ! ,aiting for rheir promotion, may lose the prolnotion lor elcr Cascs are not unknown when a person acccpts appointmcnt kcr:gting in vierv the date of retirement o[ his immediate senior. Accorrling to us. this is an important aspect, rvhich cannot bc losr sight of br thc Courr or the Tnbunat while examinrng the gricvance ol a public scn ant in respect of correction of his date of birth As sur.h, unless a c-lcar casc on the basis of materials rvhich can bc h(,1(l to lte conclusive ln naturc, is made out b_v thc rcspondent, rhe Courr or the Tribunal should not rssue a direction, on the basrs ol marerials rvhich make such claim only plausiblc. Before any such dir.ecLion rs issucd, the court or the Tribunal must bc Iull-\ satisllc(l that there has bcen rcal inlustice to thc person conccrncd and lris claim for correction of datc of birth has been madc in accordanc.c urth the proccdure prescribed, and within the time lixed b1 an1, rule or order. If no rule or order has been framed or made, prescrrbing the period !r ithin which such application has to be tilecl. rhan such application must be Illed $,ithin the rrrne, \r hich <.arr lre lrt.ld ro bc reason.rble. Thc application has to produce the cr idt'nt:c rn sLlpport oI sr.rch claim, [,hich mal, amount to lrrelutable prool-rcltrting to hrs datc of brrth. Whenever any such question arises, the onus in on the applicant, to prove about the Nrong recorclrng of hrs date ol birth, in his service book. In manY cascs tt is a part of the stratcg!. on the part of such public
