Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 630 · Decided 12 May 2008
Dev Dutt v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 630 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 174
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7631/2002
- Decided
- 12 May 2008
- Bench
- H.K. SEMA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Service law -Adverse entries, in Annual Confidentiai Re- port - Non-communication- Effect of - On facts, for promotion c to the post of Superintending Engineer, bench mark 'very good' for last 5 years- Incumbent having only 'good' entry for 1993- 94, thus; not considered for promotion - Challenge in ACR of every employee under the State, whether in civil, judicial, po- D lice or other service (except military) must be communicated to him, within a reasonable period, to enable him to make rep- resentation against it and praying for its up-gradation - It is not that only adverse entry
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