Change in DoB will make qualifications of person invalid: HC
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:05.08.2018
The Madras high court has rejected a plea to alter the date of birth of a student in her Class X and XII school certificates on the grounds that her parents gave the wrong date of birth during their child’s admission to Class I.
“If the date of birth is altered, then the entire qualifications possessed by the petitioner would become invalid as she would not have had the required age eligibility to join Class I with the altered date of birth. The court cannot even decide the issue based on sympathy, as it will give a premium for everyone to knock at the doors of the court to alter their dates of birth,” Justice S Vaidyanathan said.
The issue pertains to a plea moved by S Indhumathi. The case of the petitioner is that she was born on July 17, 1997 in Madurai. She claimed that her date of birth in Class X and XII certificates is mentioned as May 17, 1997 instead of July 17.
Though the records with the corporation of Madurai has the original date of birth, the same was incorrectly mentioned in her school records, she said. On April 20, she made a representation to the school education department to modify her date of birth. As the authorities failed to respond, she approached the high court.
When the plea came up for hearing, counsel for the school education department submitted that such corrections cannot be done as per the provisions of Tamil Nadu secondary education certificate rules.
The counsel further submitted that the rules prescribe completion of five years of age for admission to Class I and therefore the petitioner’s parents might have given an incorrect date of birth to secure admission. The judge concurred with the submissions and dismissed the plea.
PAST MISTAKE: The parents of the petitioner gave the wrong date of birth during their child’s admission to Class I
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:05.08.2018
The Madras high court has rejected a plea to alter the date of birth of a student in her Class X and XII school certificates on the grounds that her parents gave the wrong date of birth during their child’s admission to Class I.
“If the date of birth is altered, then the entire qualifications possessed by the petitioner would become invalid as she would not have had the required age eligibility to join Class I with the altered date of birth. The court cannot even decide the issue based on sympathy, as it will give a premium for everyone to knock at the doors of the court to alter their dates of birth,” Justice S Vaidyanathan said.
The issue pertains to a plea moved by S Indhumathi. The case of the petitioner is that she was born on July 17, 1997 in Madurai. She claimed that her date of birth in Class X and XII certificates is mentioned as May 17, 1997 instead of July 17.
Though the records with the corporation of Madurai has the original date of birth, the same was incorrectly mentioned in her school records, she said. On April 20, she made a representation to the school education department to modify her date of birth. As the authorities failed to respond, she approached the high court.
When the plea came up for hearing, counsel for the school education department submitted that such corrections cannot be done as per the provisions of Tamil Nadu secondary education certificate rules.
The counsel further submitted that the rules prescribe completion of five years of age for admission to Class I and therefore the petitioner’s parents might have given an incorrect date of birth to secure admission. The judge concurred with the submissions and dismissed the plea.
PAST MISTAKE: The parents of the petitioner gave the wrong date of birth during their child’s admission to Class I
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