Awadh Singh vs The Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. And Ors. on 4 May, 2005
16. In the cases, arising out of similar facts and circumstances, this Court had occasion to consider and decide the similar issue earlier. There are direct decisions of two Division Benches of this Court; one by a Division bench presided over by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir, Chief Justice (as his Lordship then was) in the case of Awadh Singh (Supra) and another presided over by Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Karpaga Vinayagam, Chief Justice in Ramanand Tiwary's case (Supra). In both the decisions, it has been concurrently held that the date of birth recorded in the Matriculation Certificate shall be treated as correct and the same cannot be altered in any circumstance as per the said Instruction No. 76 of the National Coal Wage Agreement-3. Thus, the said decisions of this Court are squarely applicable to the facts of the instant case.