In Brief
Eastern Coalfields Ltd. appealed against a High Court order directing it to correct an employee's date of birth from 1945 to 1954 in service records. The employee had joined in 1973 but raised the issue only one year before retirement, despite being given an opportunity in 1987 to dispute service records. The Supreme Court held that such belated disputes cannot compel correction of statutory documents, especially when earlier opportunities were missed. The Court allowed the appeal, found the High Court committed grave error, and restored the Single Judge's dismissal of the employee's petition."
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