CORRECTION IN DATE OF BIRTH - CBSE

Errors are always liable to be corrected. But if it crept in to the records of date of birth in CBSE, it is their law that it cannot be corrected beyond a particular period - of 5 years.

A great may students, who found the different date of births in different certificates would take out their opportunities for going abroad for higher studies and for employment approached the High Court of Kerala seeking directions to the school authorities to send the correction files to the CBSE and direct the CBSE to effect the correction. It went on and courts used to allow it.

But a single Bench of Kerala High Court referred the matter to the Division Bench including Chief Justice to reach in a final decision as there are other other decisions including the fact that the Supreme Court has held that the corrections are not possible beyond the time limit.

But in the reference judgment, the High Court of Kerala held that,

the candidates right to reconcile the date of birth entry in the mark sheet with that of entry in statutory certificates, candidates should not be left without any remedy. Their right to approach court for redressing their grievances cannot be ruled out. [2016 (1) KLT 340]