COMMNR. OF POLICE vs BHAGWAN V. LAHANE

The Supreme Court examined the Maharashtra Civil Services (General Conditions of Service Rules, 1981) regarding the alteration of date of birth in service records. The Court held that once an entry is made in the service book, it cannot be altered unless there is clear evidence of clerical error or negligence by others. The respondent's application to change his date of birth was rejected as he failed to provide sufficient proof to contradict the Secondary School Leaving Certificate, which recorded his birth date as November 12, 1948. The Tribunal's order to correct the date of birth was set aside, affirming the original entry in the service register.