REQUEST FOR CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

Pursuant to Section 12 (3), the Civil Service Commission is empowered
to promulgate policies, standards and guidelines for the efficient and
effective personnel administration in the government.  It also bound to
keep and maintain personnel records of all officials and employees in
the civil service.

In the performance of these functions, the Commission attends to and
acts on requests for correction of date of birth for purposes of
appointment, promotion, transfer, retirement and other personnel
actions.  However it has been observed that numerous requests for
correction of date of birth have been submitted for the obvious purpose
of delaying and/or postponing the actual date of their compulsory
retirement.

Thus, in order to forestall any attempt to unduly extend the services
of officials and employees who have reached the compulsory retirement
age of 65 years or to effect early compulsory retirement by the mere
expedience of filing a request for correction of date of birth the
Commission resolved to adopt, as it hereby adopts as the policy on these
cases as follows:

1.       All requests for correction of date of birth for the
purpose of retirement, shall be filed with this Commission or its proper
Regional Office not later than five (5) years prior to the expected
date of compulsory retirement; and

2.       This period of five (5) years does not apply where the
request is supported by primary evidence that is a certified true copy
of the Certificate of Live Birth issued by the proper authorities but
all requests for correction of date of birth on the basis thereof should
be filed not later than one (1) year before the applicant’s expected
date of retirement.

Adopted: 11 April 1990

(SGD.) PATRICIA A. STO .TOMAS
Chairman