Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 650 · Decided 23 September 2013
Eastern Coalfields LTD. and Others v. Bajrangi Rabidas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 650 · [2013] 16 S.C.R. 895
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8634/2013
- Decided
- 23 September 2013
- Bench
- ANIL R. DAVE, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Service Law: A B Date of birth - Determination of - Date of birth of c employee recorded as 2. 4. 1946 at the time of initial employment - Later employee seeking rectification of his date of birth as 2.4. 1948 on the basis of his Matriculation Certificate - Permissibility - Held: The date of birth has to be accepted as authentic - 0 But in the present case, the employee in order to gain eligibility for appointment did not produce Matriculation Certificate at the time of initial appointment - Hence, h·e· is estopped from relying on the Matriculation. Certificate -
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