Supreme Court of India

Sukhdev Singh v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 1004

Bench R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph JJ.

Decided 23 April 2013

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From the headnote

Service Law: Annual Confidential Repot (ACR) - Communication of the entry therein - To the Public servant (other than military service) - Matter refeffed by Division Bench of Supreme court to Three Judge Bench, finding inconsistency as regards the law laid down on the issue, by the judgments passed in *U.P. Jal Nigam case and **Major Bahadur Singh case - Subsequently, Supreme Court, in ***Dev Dutt case held that every entry in ACR of a public servant must be communicated to him/her within a reasonable period - Held: The view taken in Dev Dutt case is leal/y sound and thus approved -

Authorities it was built on

1978 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India cited by 97
1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors. cited by 79
2008 Dev Dutt v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 11
2005 Canara Bank v. V.K. Awasthy cited by 5
2007 State of Maharashtra v. Public Concern for Governance Trust and Ors. cited by 4
2005 Union of India and Anr. v. Major Bahadur Singh cited by 2
1996 U.P. Jal Nigam and Ors. v. Prabha T Chandra Jain and Ors. cited by 1
2008 K.M. Mishra v. Central Bank of India & Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2023 R. K. Jibanlata Devi v. High Court of Manipur through its Registrar General and Others relied on
2022 Abhay Jain v. The High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan and Anr relied on
2020 Sujata Kohli v. Registrar General, High Court of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2019 Pankaj Prakash v. United India Insurance Co Ltd & Anr relied on
2019 Anil Kumar v. Union of India and Ors. relied on
2026 Dr. Indira Saranath v. Union of India mentioned
2018 Union of India and Others v. Chaman Rana distinguished

Of those, 5 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 mentioned

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