Supreme Court of India

P. Sivanandi v. Rajeev Kumar & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 2 S.C.R. 896
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 2 February 2017

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Service Law - Promotion - Delay in writing of Annual Confidential Report (ACR) by superior officers - Effect of - Select Committee considered appellant for promotion w·1ps -ACR of appellant written by his superior officers after some delay - Considering the service record and ACR of appellant, he was promoted to JPS - Tribunal and High Court, however, held the_ selection of appellant to be vitiated, on finding that the ACR ·Of appellant was written beyond the period prescribed by the State Government, hence, was invalid - Propriety of - Held: The ACR of an officer forms a part of his service

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