Aadhaar card

High Court

Agricultural University

Gandhi Krishi Vignan Kendra

Bengaluru

The 1985-born was shown as 42-year-old in, so the Agriculture University rejected his application for jobA man who was to get a job on compassionate grounds in the University of Agriculture found that his age was mentioned wrongly in his Aadhaar card. He has now been granted time by theto get his Aadhaar details rectified and apply for the job again.Nanjunda, applied for a job on compassionate grounds, which came to be rejected by the Administrative Officer of theon November 9, 2018. Nanjunda challenged this before the HC.His advocate argued that his application for the job has been rejected on grounds that he was 42 years of age as per his Aadhaar card and that as per the Karnataka Civil Services Rules, a person seeking appointment on compassionate ground should not be more than 35 years or 38 years or 40 years, in the General category or Reserved category or candidate belonging to SC/ST respectively. Nanjunda had produced his Transfer Certificate which mentioned his date of birth as February 3, 1985 and the name of his father as Mariappa. However the Aadhaar card on which the University took a decision mentioned his age as 42 and his father’s name as Venkateshappa.The HC in its judgement said that it was for Nanjunda to get the information in the Aadhaar card rectified as per the details in his Transfer Certificate. “After rectification of the Aadhar Card is done, the petitioner may approach the respondent-authorities seeking appointment on compassionate ground. Liberty is granted to the petitioner to get the information in the Aadhaar card corrected and thereafter approach the respondents and the respondents shall reconsider the application of the petitioner, if the petitioner is able to get the information regarding his date of birth and name of his father rectified in the Aadhaar card,” the court ordered.The authorities were also directed to consider his fresh application. “If the petitioner makes a representation to the respondent-authorities after getting the information corrected, the respondent-authorities shall reconsider the application of the petitioner, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of such representation,” the order said.