Employment Law / Service Law : Can Senior Officer Make Adverse Remarks against Junior Officer Because Junior Officer Made Written Complaint against Senior Officer

Employment Law / Service Law : Can Senior Officer Make Adverse Remarks against Junior Officer Because Junior Officer Made Written Complaint against Senior Officer ?

High Court had quashed the adverse remarks made by a senior officer against his junior officer in ACR. In this case, senior officer when faced with complaint making allegations of corruption, took out his irritation by writing an adverse APAR and also prepared Memos to his junior officer to justify his adverse remarks. Adverse remarks were made by senior officer after junior officer made written complaint against senior officer. 

Manudev Dahiya v. UOI [2023] GCtR 1261 (Delhi)