APPELLATE AUTHORITY HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE DECISION ALREADY TAKEN IS IN CORRECT AND REQUIRES REVIEW OF THE CASE OF THE OFFICERS HELD UP AT EFFICIENCY BAR.

In cases of the crossing of efficiency bar provision made under fundamental Rule -25 ,where an efficiency bar is prescribed in a time scale the increments next above the bar shall not be given to a government servant without the specific sanction of the authority empowered to withhold increments under Rule 24 or the relevant disciplinary rules applicable to the government servant or of any authority whom the president may,by general or special order authorise in this behalf

.In pursuance of the above provisions of the FR 25 the competent authority has to assess specifically, the suitability of an officer to permit him to cross the efficiency bar, but the principles which should be observed in assessing his suitability in the matter have not been laid down .In the absence of specific instructions in the matter points referred to as Government of India considered in consultation with the Ministry of the Home affairs and it has been held that the annual review,means that the case should be reviewed after a year ,however in the exceptional circumstances ,it may not be possible to adhere the limit of one year strictly. (1) When the appellant authority has reason to believe that the decision already taken is incorrect ,and (2) When the annual increment at the efficiency bar falls in the latter half of the year , and at the time of the deciding the case , the reports were considered only up to the end of the previous year and the subsequent report justified review of the case ,action may be taken accordingly .There is no objection to the official being informed of the period for which his work would be watched for which efficiency over a certain length of period is to be considered, or whether an officer should be allowed to cross the efficiency bar on the basis of his efficiency at the time when he is due to cross the efficiency bar ,or whether his efficiency over the whole of the period from the last efficiency bar or from the initial stage of the pay scale is to be taken into the account.