In Brief
A CSIR employee challenged rejection of his claim for financial upgradation and non-promotion to a higher post, arguing that failure to communicate his Annual Confidential Reports violated fairness principles. The Supreme Court held that autonomous institutions like CSIR cannot exempt themselves from complying with Supreme Court directions requiring timely communication of all ACR entries. The Court ruled the employee must be given a fresh opportunity to submit representation on his ACRs, and if upgraded, both his financial upgradation and promotion cases must be reconsidered by the competent authority with consideration of promotion timings of junior officers.
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