Section 9(4) in India Service (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2007
(4)[ The accepting authority shall within fifteen days from the date of receipt of comments from the officer reported upon forward the same to the reviewing and the reporting authority and call for their views on the comments and the comments of reporting and reviewing authority are required to be sought even if they have retired or demitted or relinquished office, and in case the comments of reporting and reviewing authority are not received within fifteen days from the date of receipt, it shall be presumed that reporting and reviewing authority have no comments to offer.] [Substituted by Notification No. G.S.R. 596(E), dated 15.6.2017 (w.e.f. 14.3.2007).]
