2026:JHHC:5998 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(S) No. 1449 of 2012 Raj Narayan Ojha, son of Late Jagarnath Ojha, resident of Chasnala South Colony, PO Chasnala, PS Pathardih, Dist.Dhanbad ... … Petitioner(s) Versus 1. Steel Authority of India Ltd., through tis Chariman, IISCO Steel Plant, Chasnala Colliery Complex, Chasnala, PO & PS Chasnala, Dist. Dhanbad 2. The Assistant General Manager (P & A), SAIL, IISCO Steel Plant, Chasnala Colliery Complex, Chasnala, PO & PS Chasnala, Dist. Dhanbad 3. The Assistant/Junior Manager (P&L), SAIL, IISCO Steel Plant, Chasnala Colliery Complex, Chasnala, PO & PS Chasnala, Dist. Dhanbad 4.The Chief Personnel Manager (C), SAIL, IISCO Steel Plant, Chasnala Colliery Complex, Chasnala, PO & PS Chasnala, Dist. Dhanbad ... … Respondent(s) CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Abhay Kumar Mishra, Advocate Mr. Krishna Prajapati, Advocate For the Respondent(s) : Mr. Sushant Kumar, Advocate -------- Order No. 14/Dated: 25th February 2026 The instant writ application has been preferred by the petitioner for quashing the letter dated 25.11.2008 issued by the respondent no.3; whereby the petitioner has been made to superannuate w.e.f. 03.03.2009 as according to the respondents, petitioner attained 60 years of age on that day and his date of birth is 03.03.1949. 2. It has been further prayed that respondents concerned should take back the petitioner into the rolls of the company. 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the documents annexed with the writ application itself indicates that the petitioner has wrongly been superannuated. He refers to Annexure-7 which is the relevant portion of the admission register of the school from which the petitioner passed his Class VII examination and the same was issued to the petitioner. The said portion of the admission register where petitioner’s 2026:JHHC:5998 2 name is appearing at serial no. 12 also mentions petitioner’s date of birth as 28.10.1953 and the same has been certified by the Principal of the said school. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further relies upon the judgment passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in W.P.(S) No. 4181 of 2008 titled “Ram Das Rajak v. Steel Authority of India Limited & Ors.” and also the judgment passed in “Kamta Pandey v. BCCL through Chairman-cum-Managing Director”.1 5. Learned counsel for the respondents opposes the prayer of the petitioner and relies upon the impugned order. 6. Having regard to the facts that the impugned order is dated 25.11.2008 and all the representations is made after the age of superannuation. Above all, the writ application has been filed almost after four years. The law is well settled that the issue of date of birth cannot be raised at the fag end of service. In the instant case, the impugned order is of 25.11.2008 and the representations and the certificates are all issued either after the date of superannuation or at the fag end of service. There is no averment, whatsoever, as to why the petitioner sat over the matter for four years and the law in this regard is well settled. 7. Accordingly, the instant writ application is dismissed. 8. Pending I.As., if any, also stand disposed of. (Deepak Roshan, J.) 25th February 2026 Amit Uploaded on 12/03//2026 1 2007 3 JCR 681