1. Following is the sequence of events as gatherable from official records that forms the circumstantial backdrop to this piece of litigation.

2. With declared purpose of weeding out dead wood from public administration to improve efficiency, the Government vide circular No. 7-GAD of 2004 dated 7-5-2004, urged upon all Heads of Departments to start process of periodical review of the performance of officers/officials under their control and record appropriate remarks in their APRs. By another circular No. 5-GAD of 2003 dated 29-1-2003; all concerned were impressed upon to apprise General Administration Department about the follow up action taken. In continuation vide order No. 306-GAD of 2003 dated 5-3-2003, Government accorded sanction to constitution of a Committee comprising of Financial Commissioner Home, Pr. Secretary GAD and Commissioner/Secretary Law Department, plus the Secretary of concerned Administrative Department as co-opted member cases of whose department would be under consideration for weeding of undesirable officers/officials in terms of Article 226(2) and (3) of the J&K CSR. The committee was charged with the duty of recommending action against such officers to be

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