Guwahati Court August 1988 Judgments

Nirendra Chandra Roy Vs. L.i.C. of India and ors.

Court: Guwahati

A. Raghuvir, C.J. 1. Nirendra Chandra Roy is the writ petitioner. The subject matter in the writ petition concerns about his age of superannuation. The facts which are necessary forthe, purpose of the issue alone are staled in this order.2. Roy joined the service of Hindusthan Cooperative Insurance Society Ltd. in the year 1944. At that time he was aged 24. He was a matriculate by qualification. In the Matriculation Certificate his date of birth was entered as February I 1918. He represented to his employer at the time of recruitment that his correct date of birth was February 1, 1920. that the Matriculation Certificate does not record his age correctly. He produced necessary proof including horoscope and an affidavit or a statement by his elder brother. The employer, namely, the Insurance Society accepted the proof and recorded in the service records that he was born on February, 1, 1920, not on February 1, 1918 as indicated in the Matriculation Certificate. 3. In 1956 the business ...