Sanjeevani Trimbakrao Sonawane v. The Education Officer Secondary And Another

2025:BHC-AUG:29858-DB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 12907 OF 2025 Sanjeevani Trimbakrao Sonawane

VERSUS

The Education Officer Secondary And Another Mr. B. N. Magar Patil and Mr. G. T. Gawande, Advocate for petitioner Mr. A. M. Phule, AGP for respondent-State

CORAM

: Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi & Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ.

DATE : 17th October, 2025 PER COURT :- 1.

Present petition has been filed for correction of date of birth in the school record. The petitioner submits that his date of birth is 15.10.1985 however, in the school record it has been wrongly mentioned as 15.10.1984. The petitioner has filed his Birth Certificate issued by the Maniyar Nursing and Maternity Hospital, Jalna dated 14.06.1988 wherein it is stated that the correct date of birth of petitioner is 15.10.1985. Respondent No. 1 by impugned order dated 30.07.2025 rejected the application on the ground that the petitioner is not taking education in the school. The petitioner is relying on the Full Bench decision of this Court in Janabai Himmatrao Thakur vs. State of Maharashtra and others, [AIR OnLine 2019 Bombay 1055].

2.

We are coming across many such orders, in spite of the decision of this Court in Janabai Thakur (supra), stating that the 937-WP-12907-2025.odt

applicant/petitioner is not taking education in the school and, therefore, the authority has no jurisdiction or power to make changes in the school record.

3.

With these observations, the writ petition stands allowed. 4.

Respondent No. 1 is directed to issue order and grant the proposal forwarded by respondent No. 2 in respect of change in the date of birth of petitioner in the school record within a period of 15 days from today.

(Hiten S. Venegavkar, J.) (Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi, J.) B. S. Joshi 937-WP-12907-2025.odt