JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the impugned order of the second respondent in No.R.XIII.1/-2015-NEZ dated 23rd January 2017 and the consequential order of the fifth respondent in No.R.XIII-53/2017-DA-13(APAR), dated 12th December, 2017 and quash the same and direct the respondents 1 to 5 to upgrade the benchmark of "Good" in the petitioner's Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) for the period from 01.04.2014 to 24.10.2014 or alternatively direct the respondents to ignore his Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) for the period from 01.04.2014 to 24.10.2014 while considering him for promotion to the next higher post.)

1. This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the order dated 23.01.2017 and the consequential order dated 12.12.2017, under which, it has been held that there is no cogent reason to interfere with the 'Good' recorded in the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) of the petitioner for the period from 01.04.2014 to 25.10.2014.

2. The petitioner was working as Commandant in the Recruit Training Centre (RTC) in