LAW FOR ALL

Service matter - promotion to DGP - allegations of bias against the chairmen of the committee - High court allowed the writ and directed to give promotion as DGP - challenged - Apex court held that The bias and malafide acts can be adjudged only on the basis of evidence. The assessment of Character Roll by one or the other officer,giving a general grade such as ‘Good’ cannot be the sole ground to hold that the officer was biased against the person whose Character Roll is assessed. In the instant case, there is nothing on record to suggest that the appellant no. 3 –E.N. Ram Mohan was biased against the respondent.Merely because he assessed the ACR of the respondent as ‘Good’ as against assessment of ‘Very Good’ made by I.O. it cannot be said that he was biased against the respondent. and set aside the High court order = U.O.I. & ORS. … APPELLANTS VERSUS S.P.NAYYAR … RESPONDENT = 2014 – June. Part -http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41731