Civil Service rules mandate the accomplishment of the Personal Data Sheet (PDS) as a requirement for employment in the government. It is the repository of all information about any government employee and official regarding his/her personal background, qualification and eligibility. Considering that the truthful completion of PDS is a requirement for employment in the Judiciary (as well as in any government agency), the importance of answering the same with candor need not be gainsaid. Time and again, the Court has stressed that the behavior of all employees and officials involved in the administration of justice, from the judges to the most junior clerk, is circumscribed with heavy responsibility. Dishonesty is considered a grave offense.
