SC turns down Madhya Pradesh Govt order for performance review of IFS officers by IAS officials

THE Supreme Court on Wednesday called it "contemptuous” and quashed a Madhya Pradesh government order stipulating Indian Administrative Service officers to review performance appraisal reports of Indian Forest Service officers in the state.

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Madhya Pradesh, it came on record, followed a practice in which IAS officers — comprising district collectors or superior officers--recorded the annual confidential reports of IFS officers.

A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine Goerge Masih was dealing with pleas asking whether Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers were the "reporting, reviewing and accepting authority" for IFS officers.

The top court said the June 29, 2024 government order (GO) was in total violation of the directions of the top court, including in its September 22, 2000 order.