(1) In calculating the age of a civil employee for the purpose of Section 33 of the Act, if the birth date is mentioned by year, month and day in the sheet roll, citizenship certificate and educational qualification certificate and all do not contain the same date, retirement shall be awarded from the date on which he or she retires earlier.
(2) The birth date shall be set as follows in setting the birth date on the basis of a certificate containing year or Sambat only:
(a) In the case of the citizenship certificate, on the basis of the date of receipt of the certificate,
(b) In the case of the educational qualification certificate, on the basis of the date of issue of the certificate,
(c) In the case of the sheet roll, on the basis of the date of original recruitment.
(3) In cases where only year is mentioned in any certificate and full birth date is mentioned in another certificate and the difference between the birth dates mentioned in such certificates does not exceed One year, the full birth date shall be taken as the basis.
Provided that, if the difference between the birth dates mentioned in such different certificates exceeds One year, the birth date shall be set pursuant to Sub-rule (2) on the basis of the certificate containing year only.