Whether the Selection Committee follows the DPC guidelines issued by the Govt. of India, DOP&T?
Ans: No. The Selection Committee makes the assessments in terms of the provisions of the Promotion Regulations as per the internal guidelines of the Commission. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in their judgement dated 13.12.2007 in Civil Appeal No.5883-5891 of 2007 filed by Shri M.V. Thimmaiah & Ors. vs. Union Public Service Commission & Others have upheld the Guidelines of the Commission for making the assessment of service records by the Selection Committees constituted under the IAS (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations 1955. The Court have observed as under: “Therefore, in view of the catena of cases, courts normally do not sit in the court of appeal to assess the ACRs and much less the Tribunal can be given this power to constitute an independent Selection Committee over the statutory Selection Committee. The guidelines have already been given by the Commission as to how the ACRs to be assessed and how the marking has to be made. These guidelines take care of proper scrutiny and not on
