Government Employee Cannot Modify Date Of Birth In Service Records After 5 Years Of Credential Submission: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

In a significant ruling, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has set a clear precedent regarding the alteration of a government employee’s date of birth in official records. The court stated that government servants’ date of birth, once declared and recorded in their service book or any other official document, cannot be changed unless there is a clerical error. The ruling makes it clear that such alterations require the approval…