The Madras High Court has upheld the validity of a 360 degree appraisal/multi source feedback system introduced by the Centre in 2016 for appraising the performance of the all India service officers, in State government service, for empanelment so that they could apply for vacancies that arise under the Government of India (GoI).

Justices V.M. Velumani and V. Lakshminarayanan dismissed a writ petition filed by Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Dayanand Kataria challenging the 360 degree appraisal system. The judges, however, refrained from imposing costs on the petitioner “since an interesting question of law