AdvertisementSushil Sharma Vs Union of India And Others (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court: ‘Washed-Off Theory’ Does Not Apply to Compulsory Retirement; Entire Service Record Can Be Considered The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of a CISF Inspector challenging his compulsory retirement under Fundamental Rule 56(j), holding that the “washed-off theory”, under which adverse entries lose significance after promotion, applies only to promotion cases and not to compulsory retirement, where the authority is entitled to consider the employee’s entire service record, while givi...