Procedure to be observed by Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) - Assessment of entries and gradings in ACRs/APARs - Reg. DoPT Order:-
No.22011/5/2013-Estt.(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 9th May, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Procedure to beobserved by Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) - Assessment of entries and gradings in ACRs/APARs - Reg.
The undersigned is directed to invite reference to this Department's OM No.22011 / 5/ 86-Estt.D dated 10th April 1989 as modified from time to time wherein detailed guidelines on Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) has been provided. As per extant instructions and rulings of Hon'ble Supreme Court in various court cases, the Departmental Promotion Committees enjoy full discretion to devise their own methods and procedures for objective assessment of the suitability of the candidates who are to be considered by them. Para 6.2.1 of the OM dated 10th April 1989 provides that the Confidential Rolls (now APARs) are the basic inputs on the basis of which assessment is to be made by each DPC. The evaluation of CRs (now APARs) should be fair, just and non-discriminatory.
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