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The procedure required to be followed is elaborate. Apart from the possibility of abuse of this provision this has also led to large number of applications under section 5 for alteration of the date of birth on the ground that the age of the applicant has not been determined in accordance with the provisions of the Act. It is, therefore, proposed to amend section 3 of the Act to provide that in the case of persons who have passed the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination or equivalent examination, the age and date of birth of State servant shall be accepted on the basis of entries in regard to the date of birth in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate or certificate of any other examination equivalent thereto which is also accepted as the proof of age for the purposes of recruitment. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A No.-215, dated 19-3- 1982, at page 3.) IV Amending Act 13 of 1984.- According to sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Karnataka State Servants (Determination of Age) Act, 1974 the power to determine the age and date of birth of a State Servant on his entry into the State Civil Services vests in the appointing authority. In relation to the members of the Judicial Service including munsiffs the appointing authority is the Governor. Accordingly the age and date of birth of persons appointed as Munsiffs are being determined with the approval of the Governor. In view of the ruling given by the Supreme Court, reported in AIR 1981 SC 561 (B.S. Yadav Vs. State of Harayana) though the Legislature or the Governor has the power to regulate the conditions of service of judical officers for laying down rules of general application, the High Court is the authority to regulate the conditions of the service of each judicial officer and in the light of this ruling the power to determine the age and date of birth of Judicial officer falls within the jurisdiction of the High Court. It is, therefore, considered necessary to amend section 3 of the said Act suitably. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A No.-719, dated 12-8- 1983 at page 2.) * * * * 3 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 22 OF 1974 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Eighteenth day of June, 1974) THE KARNATAKA STATE SERVANTS (DETERMINATION OF AGE) ACT, 1974 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Fifteenth day of June, 1974) (As amended by Acts 22 of 1977, 22 of 1982 and 13 of 1984 and as on 1.4.2004) An Act to provide for the determination of the age of State servants. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the determination of the age of State servants in so far as it relates to the conditions of service as such State servants; BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Twenty-fifth year of the Republic of India as follows:-