One of the IC's in
CIC has ruled that ACR's are out of bounds as far as the
RTI Act is concerned:
Commission’s Decision:
3. In a number of decisions, this Commission has ordered that the proceedings of DPCs, except the inputs from ACRs, should be put in public domain so as to ensure transparency and objectivity in the selection process. As regards ACRs, it contains remarks made by the superior officers about assessed officials, the disclosure of which is not in public interest. Accordingly, the CPIO is directed to disclose the DPC’s proceedings after due application of section 10(1) of the Act so as to withhold the inputs based on ACRs. The disclosure of ACRs is however barred u/s 8 (1) (j) of the Act.
Full decision can be viewed at:
http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/Decision_08062007_04.pdf