India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. and Ors. v. Ms. Vaishali Singh Koshal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
ACR/APAR communication and review; uncommunicated ACRs to be ignored where Reporting/Reviewing/Accepting Officer unavailable (course in Abhijit Ghosh Dastidar); review of ACRs from 2011 pursuant to employee representations; DPC and Review DPC reconsideration for promotion; upgradation of ACR grading 'Good' to 'Very Good' / 'Very Good' to 'Outstanding' not pressed and modified; timelines of eight weeks and twelve weeks; notional benefits without monetary benefits; Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench order dated 14.07.2023 in O.A. 2419/2018, 4403/2018, 4495/2018, 414/2021; India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd; W.P.(C) 16165/2023, 16179/2023, 16183/2023, 16191/2023; litigation by employee not to prejudice DPC consideration.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of with modification of the Tribunal's directions: ACRs from 2011 onwards to be reviewed and considered pursuant to the respondents' representations, ignoring ACRs that cannot be reconsidered due to non-availability of the Reporting/Reviewing/Accepting Officer; entire exercise within eight weeks; Review DPC and consequential orders within twelve weeks; the grading-upgradation direction ('Good' to 'Very Good' / 'Very Good' to 'Outstanding') stands modified as not pressed; respondents' litigation not to be considered by the Review DPC.