P&H: Quashes Complusory Retirement of Judicial Officer, Says Unsubstantiated Remarks Could Not Ruin Clean Career
High Court has set aside the premature retirement of a judicial officer who was sent out of service at the age of 50 on the basis of a single adverse ACR grading. The court said the decision was unfair and could not stand when the officer’s long service record was largely clean and no written complaint had been received against him during the relevant period.
The petitioner challenged orders by which he was compulsorily retired in public interest. He argued that his Annual Confidential Reports had consistently shown satisfactory or good performance for nearly 19 years, and that the adverse remark...
