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Promotion Does Not Erase Adverse Entries, Allahabad High Court Rules
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a government employee’s promotion does not erase adverse entries from the earlier service record when compulsory retirement is considered. Justice Anish Kumar Gupta held that…
The Story in Brief
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a government employee’s promotion does not erase adverse entries from the earlier service record when compulsory retirement is considered. Justice Anish Kumar Gupta held that the full record must be examined and that even a single entry concerning integrity may justify compulsory retirement.
The court dismissed a petition by Mohd Jamil Warsi, a Class IV employee appointed in 1977 and compulsorily retired in 2005 after an assessment of his performance on reaching 50. It relied on Supreme Court rulings that adverse entries remain relevant to deciding whether an employee should continue in service, even if they predate a promotion.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy narrative that promotion grants a clean slate does not fit the law cited by the court. But the opposite claim, that any old criticism automatically warrants retirement, is just as careless. The ruling requires consideration of the entire record, while integrity-related remarks can carry particular weight. The practical test is whether the screening committee recorded a reasoned assessment based on the complete service history, rather than relying on one isolated entry.
Source: livelaw.in
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