K. Vinod Chandran,J:

An employee; prone to absenteeism, insubordination and habitual reluctance to do the assigned work, is before us challenging the refusal to promote him to the post of Section Officer/Court Officer; for reason of an in-eligibility prescribed by the Chief Justice other than in the rules framed under Article 229 of the Constitution of India. The appellant had dismal grading in his Annual Confidential Reports ('ACRs' for brevity) for the earlier years; but none in the years relevant for assessment of merit and ability for promotion (hereinafter termed the 'assessment years' for brevi