Recording Adverse ACR Against Government Employee During COVID Medical Leave Is Arbitrary: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court, in a significant judgment upholding natural justice and administrative fairness, quashed a “below average” Annual Confidential Report (ACR) recorded against a government employee, observing that the said entry was made during a period when the petitioner was on sanctioned medical leave due to COVID-19. The decision came from a Division Bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal and Justice Rajesh Sekhri in the case of…
