COLLECTOR OF MADRAS vs K.RAJAMANICKAM

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal against the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal's order which directed the continuation of the respondent in service based on a corrected date of birth. The Court held that the respondent had already attained superannuation on 31.1.93 according to the original records, and the Tribunal's reliance on horoscope evidence was unfounded. The Court ruled that the respondent's retirement benefits should be computed as if he had retired on 31.1.93, and no recovery of amounts paid during the interim period was to be made.