https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301999 A minor penalty, once its currency has expired, cannot by itself be used to declare a State Civil Service officer unfit for promotion to the Indian Administrative Service. Suitability must be assessed through an overall relative evaluation of the officer's service record under the applicable promotion framework, including performance over the relevant years and the circumstances of any penalty. Mechanical continuation of the adverse effect of the past penalty beyond its period was not accepted, because the case had been decided on the penalty alone without the required holistic appraisal. The rejection of the representation was set aside and the matter required reconsideration by a review selection committee on the basis of the full service record. en-us Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301999 A minor penalty, once its currency has expired, cannot by itself be used to declare a State Civil Service officer unfit for promotion to the Indian Administrative Service. Suitability must be assessed through an overall relative evaluation of the officer's service record under the applicable promotion framework, including performance over the relevant years and the circumstances of any penalty. Mechanical continuation of the adverse effect of the past penalty beyond its period was not accepted, because the case had been decided on the penalty alone without the required holistic appraisal. The rejection of the representation was set aside and the matter required reconsideration by a review selection committee on the basis of the full service record. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301999