The High Court of Chhattisgarh has ruled that the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) is empowered to prescribe a minimum benchmark based on Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grading for promotions made on the basis of “seniority-cum-fitness.” The Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Parth Prateem Sahu, answered a reference made by a learned
