1.This writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India by a Deputy Commandant (Additional Superintendent of Police), II Battalion, SAF is directed against rejection of the grant for selection grade as on 1.1.2010 by the DPC convened on 29.11.2013 communicated to the petitioner, on 15.9.2016 under the Right to Information Act.

2. Facts shorn of necessary details are to the effect that for grant of selection grade on the post of Additional Superintendent of Police,the criteria is fixed in the circular issued by the Home Department, State of Madhya Pradesh No.1(B)124/13/B-4/Do for the DPC proceedings and the bench mark is ‘13’. The relevant part in paragraph 6 (1) and (3) are reproduced below:-

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