Shimla, Aug. 20 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by a government employee, Satya, who sought correction of her date of birth in official service records more than 17 years after induction, holding that such requests at the fag end of service cannot be entertained.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma, while pronouncing its order on August 14, 2025, upheld an earlier judgment of a Single Judge who had rejected Satya's plea for altering her date of birth from January 6, 1969 to October 24, 1969.

The Bench noted that Satya had joined the Jal Shakti Vibhag as a Junior Engineer on April 25, 2000. However, her request for correction was made only in July 2017...