https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169627 A belated request by a government servant to correct the date of birth in the service record was held not maintainable where the recorded entry had remained unchallenged for about thirty-five years and the employee had repeatedly signed the service book and seniority lists. Note 5 to Fundamental Rule 56(m), as amended in 1979, was read as discouraging stale claims and requiring correction requests within five years of entry into service, and in any event not beyond five years from the amendment's commencement for those already in service. Possession of a different birth certificate did not, by itself, justify late alteration of the service record. en-us Tue, 09 Feb 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:36:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169627 A belated request by a government servant to correct the date of birth in the service record was held not maintainable where the recorded entry had remained unchallenged for about thirty-five years and the employee had repeatedly signed the service book and seniority lists. Note 5 to Fundamental Rule 56(m), as amended in 1979, was read as discouraging stale claims and requiring correction requests within five years of entry into service, and in any event not beyond five years from the amendment's commencement for those already in service. Possession of a different birth certificate did not, by itself, justify late alteration of the service record. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Feb 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169627