Procedure for Alteration/ change of date of birth of a Government Servant. How can a Government Servant change/alter his Date of Birth during Service?

Question. Can a Government Servant alter his date of birth during service?

Ans. YES.

Instruction / Procedure for Alteration/ change of Date of Birth;

 Alteration/ change of Date of Birth;can be made  if-

(1) a request in this regard is made within five years of his entry into Government service. 

e.g. If a Government servant join government service on 01 Jan. 2016, the period of five year during which a Government servant can make request ends on 31 Dec. 2020.

(2) It is clearly established that a genuine bonafide mistake has occurred.

(3) the date of birth so altered would not make him ineligible to appear in any School or University of Union Public Service Commission examination in which he had appeared, or for entry into Government service on the date on which he first appeared at such examination or on the date on which he entered Government service.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

F.No. 19017/1/2014-Estt (A-IV) Dated 16th December, 2014