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Own APAR and service-book access

Officer is entitled to own APAR with full grading and recording-officer reasons — §8[1][j] not usable against data subject.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Own APAR and service-book access,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §8,APAR,own records,§8(1)(j),data subject)&metatag-description=(Officer is entitled to own APAR with full grading and recording-officer reasons — §8[1][j] not usable against data subject.)}}
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 +====== Own APAR and service-book access ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Own APAR + service-book records fully accessible to the officer; §8(1)(j) doesn't apply to data subject.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2022-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Serving officer |
 +^ Respondent | Personnel department |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Officer is entitled to own APAR with full grading and recording-officer reasons — §8(1)(j) not usable against data subject.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +An officer is entitled to their own Annual Performance Appraisal Report — including the grading, adverse remarks (if any), and the recording-officer's reasons. §8(1)(j) personal-information exemption protects against third-party access; it cannot be invoked against the data subject themselves.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +APAR, own records, §8(1)(j), data subject
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/kerala-hc-rti-service-book-personal-2021|Service book disclosure to public servant — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-personal-service-record-own-2015|Public servant's own service record — SC]] (SC 2015)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-ib-exempt-scope-2018|IB and §24 scope — SC]] (SC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-income-tax-assessment-own-2022|Own income-tax assessment order — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/khanapuram-gandaiah-2010-sc|Khanapuram Gandaiah v. Administrative Officer]] (SC 2010)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-8 landmark}}