Limitation for date-of-birth correction in school records excludes the pandemic suspension period and preserves a timely claim.

Correction of date of birth in a High School mark-sheet was held timely because the representation was made promptly after issuance and, even on the later effective claim date, it fell within the three-year period under Regulation 7 of the U.P. Intermediate Education Act framework. The period from 15.03.2020 to 28.02.2022 had to be excluded while computing limitation in view of the Supreme Court's limitation-extension orders. On that basis, the rejection of the correction request could not be sustained and was liable to be set aside.

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Issues: Whether the rejection of the petitioner's representation for correction of date of birth in the High School mark-sheet was unsustainable for having been made within the prescribed limitation period.

Analysis: The representation for correction was found to have been made promptly after the mark-sheet was issued, and the District Inspector of Schools had submitted a report in 2020. The period between 15.03.2020 and 28.02.2022 was required to be excluded while computing limitation in view of the Supreme Court's extension of limitation orders. On that basis, even treating the later representation date as the first effective claim, it fell within the three-year period prescribed for correction of date of birth under Regulation 7 of the Regulations framed under the U.P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921.

Conclusion: The rejection order could not be sustained and was liable to be set aside.

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