Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Discretion in Promotion Assessments | CSIR Assessment Committee Not Bound by Mandatory Mark Averaging: SC
Supreme Court affirms that CSIR's Assessment Committee retains discretion to evaluate promotion suitability based on Work Reports and Performance Mapping Scores without rigid mark averaging. The ruling clarifies that administrative tribunals cannot impose mechanical scoring requirements on expert committees, reinforcing flexibility in service law assessments.