DNYANESHWAR BABAN KATKAR vs THE DIRECTOR GENERAL AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND ANR

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WP.6847.2024 (J) C.doc Digitally signed ANANT by ANANT KRISHNA NAIK KRISHNA Date: NAIK 2025.01.29 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY 12:03:20 +0530 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6847 OF 2024 Shri Dnyaneshwar Baban Katkar ) Aged 55 Yrs., Working as Police Inspector ) in the office of the Commissioner of Police, ) Pimpri-Chinchwad Police Commissionerate, ) R/o. Rushabh Apartment, Sector – 4, ) Spine Road, Sant Nagar, Moshi, Dist. Pune ) .. Petitioner Versus 1. The Director General and Inspector ) General of Police [M.S.], Mumbai ) Having Office at Old Council Hall, ) Shahid Bhagatsinh Marg, ) Mumbai – 400 039 ) 2. The State of Maharashtra ) Through Additional Chief Secretary, ) Home Department, Having Office at ) Madam Cama Road, Opp. Mantralaya, ) Mumbai - 400032. ) .. Respondents **** Mr. A. Y. Sakhare, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Gaurav Bandiwadekar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. N. K. Rajpurohit, Assistant Government Pleader for the Respondent- State of Maharashtra. **** CORAM : A. S. CHANDURKAR & M. M. SATHAYE, JJ. DATED : 22nd JANUARY 2025 akn 1 WP.6847.2024 (J) C.doc JUDGMENT (Per M. M. SATHAYE, J) : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties. 2. This Petition is filed challenging the judgment and order dated 02/05/2024 passed by the Member, Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal in Original Application No. 30 of 2024. By the said impugned order, the prayer for change in the date of birth of the Petitioner in his service book, from 01/06/1966 to 24/12/1968 and prayer for grant of consequential service benefits, has been denied. 3. Few facts shorn of unnecessary details, are as under. The Petitioner was selected as Police Sub-Inspector and joined his service on 15/09/1993. On succ