In Brief
Eastern Coalfields Ltd. challenged a High Court order requiring it to correct an employee's date of birth in service records from 01.07.1945 to 15.07.1954. The employee had joined in 1973 but raised this correction claim only one year before superannuation, over 30 years later. The Supreme Court held that statutory service records cannot be altered after such prolonged delay, especially when the employee failed to raise the issue despite being given an opportunity in 1987. The Court allowed the appeal and restored the Single Judge's dismissal, ruling that belated claims cannot override the presumption of correctness of records maintained at the time of joining.
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