A division bench of Justices V Kameswar Rao and Saurabh Banerjee held that merely because someone has been graded as ‘outstanding’ in earlier confidential reports, it does not mean that they ought to be graded as such even in later reports.
“As such, merely because the petitioner had previously been graded/ assessed as ‘Outstanding’ in CR-1, CR-2, CR-3, does not necessarily mean that he ought to be graded/ assessed as such even at the time of his CR-5. In any event, grading/ assessing by the IO [initiating officer] or the RO [Reviewing Officer] or even the SRO [Senior Reviewing Officer], is not a matter of right. Thus, holding such would render any fresh CR, in this case the CR-5 of the petitioner, otiose,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
