STATE OF ORISSA vs BATAKRISHNA SAMAL . — C.A. No. 2585/2011

Case Summary: State of Orissa v. Batakrishna Samal (C.A. No. 2585/2011) The Supreme Court allowed the State of Orissa's appeal and set aside the High Court's judgment that had directed a change in respondent Batakrishna Samal's date of birth from 12.06.1952 to 28.12.1954 for employment purposes. The Court held that Samal's application violated Rule 65 of the Orissa General Financial Rules, which mandates summary rejection of date-of-birth change requests filed after five years of service; Samal applied after 12 years. Additionally, the family property decree from Samal's brother's suit—which merely declared Samal as the younger brother—could not legally effect a change in his official employment date of birth and contained no specific date directive. The Court restored the Administrative Tribunal's dismissal order, rejecting Samal's argument that small additional pension benefits warranted upholding the judgment. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.