Date of birth in school marksheet and TC varied from original DOB

788 votes

Hello Sir/Mam, you need to approach the Registrar of Birth and death entries, the Registrar who issued in your town or Panchayat and they will let you know the process and procedures. Regarding the legal fees and other things it will depend upon the Advocates. For Further details and clarifications please feel free to contact us. thank you

Advocate Adhithyan C LawRato

502 votes

The process depends on whether the DOB is wrongly entered in the school records/TC itself or only in the SSLC/HSC certificate. Generally, the correction should first be sought through the concerned school and educational authorities, supported by reliable original records such as the Birth Certificate, school admission register, Transfer Certificate and other contemporaneous documents. The Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE), Tamil Nadu is the authority dealing with SSLC/HSC certificates and provides examination-related services. � DGE Tamil Nadu +1 If the school records themselves contain an incorrect DOB, the matter can be more complicated and may require approaching the competent educational authority and, depending on the facts and documentary evidence, the High Court through a writ petition if the request is rejected. There is no single fixed time or lawyer's fee applicable to every case. A straightforward clerical correction may take considerably less time than a disputed correction requiring litigation. Lawyer's fees are also based on the complexity, documents involved and whether court proceedings become necessary. The easiest and safest legal route is therefore to verify the original Birth Certificate and the school's admission register/TC first, determine where the error originated, and then approach the appropriate authority for correction. Avoid creating or altering documents merely to obtain a desired DOB, as the correction must be supported by genuine contemporaneous records.

Advocate Hemalatha Narayanan LawRato

993 votes

For correction of Date of Birth in a Tamil Nadu State Board SSLC/HSC marksheet, particularly where the person has already completed the examination, the easiest legally sustainable route is first to obtain the official Birth Certificate/Birth Register Extract and other contemporaneous records supporting the correct DOB, submit a detailed representation through the concerned school and educational authorities seeking correction under the applicable Government Orders, and, if the authorities reject the request or fail to act, approach the Madras High Court under Article 226 by way of a Writ Petition; recent Madras High Court decisions have granted relief where an authentic birth certificate establishes that the educational record contains an erroneous DOB, with some orders directing the authorities to complete the exercise within four to six weeks after the relevant representation/order. The entire administrative process may practically take around 1 to 3 months, whereas a writ petition may take several months depending upon the respondents and Court proceedings, and a civil suit, if required, can take substantially longer. There is no fixed statutory advocate fee, and professional charges vary depending on whether the matter is handled administratively or before the High Court; therefore, where the birth certificate and contemporaneous records clearly establish the correct DOB, representation followed by a writ petition, if necessary, is generally preferable to immediately filing a civil suit.

Advocate Barath Kumar LawRato