The Court annulled an appraisal report. The applicant had requested assistance for alleged harassment and the administration opened an inquiry against the reporting officer. That inquiry was closed, but its outcome was not yet known at the time of the appraisal. The case is enlightening on the principle of objective impartiality in the context of the appraisal procedure, the allocation of reporting responsibility by the institutions in the appraisal exercises, the potential need of reporting officers to recuse, and on the effect of requests for assistance and administrative inquiries on appraisals.
