Disclosures of Annual Confidential Reports (ACR) comes under Official Secret Act

[Dr. Pathak]

What is contained in confidential reports is undoubtedly ‘personal information’ about that employee. The ACRs are protected from disclosure because arguably such disclosure seriously harm interpersonal relationship in a given organization. Further, the ACR notings represent an interaction based on trust and confidence between the officers involved in initiating, reviewing or accepting the ACRs. These officers could be seriously embarrassed and even compromised if their notings are made public. There are, thus, reasonable grounds to protect all such information through a proper classification under the Official Secrets Act.

Appeal No.128/ICPB/2006
In the matter of Right to Information Act, 2005 – Section 19.

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[crusader]

Sponsorer

It must have been vested interest in officers to get their information. Why on earth, in the first place would somebody ask for this information?

May it's democracy, as stingojournal said in one post

[milinduw]

I think the Annual Confidential Report should come under RTI. Employee will be protected against any kind of partiality while promoting the one amongst the lot.

[brijeshbhatt]

If our Officers do their Job honestly and efficiently, they will not need to know about their ACR.

[Dr. Pathak]

I have opened a voting for this thread.