THE PART OF HIS SUPERIORS .
19 THE APPLICANT ALSO CLAIMS THAT THE PROMOTION PROPOSALS WERE MADE AT A TIME WHEN HIS PERIODIC REPORTS FOR THE PERIODS 1977 TO 1979 AND 1979 TO 1981 WERE STILL NOT READY .
20 IN THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE , HAVING REGARD IN PARTICULAR TO THE APPLICANT ' S PROBLEMS OF RE-ADJUSTMENT AFTER HIS ACCIDENT , THE FACT THAT HE WAS PROMOTED IN 1984 AND THE ABSENCE OF OTHER IRREGULARITIES IN THE 1982 PROMOTION PROCEDURE , THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT ' S PERIODIC REPORTS WERE NOT ON HIS PERSONAL FILE CANNOT LEAD TO THE ANNULMENT OF THE PROMOTIONS MADE . THE QUESTION WHETHER THE APPLICANT SUFFERED HARM AS A RESULT OF THE DELAY IN THE DRAWING UP OF HIS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 1977 TO 1979 WILL BE DEALT WITH IN ANOTHER PART OF THIS JUDGMENT .
21 IT FOLLOWS FROM THE FOREGOING THAT THE APPLICANT ' S SUBMISSIONS CONCERNING THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT PROMOTED IN THE 1982 PROCEDURE FOR PROMOTING OFFICIALS TO GRADE A 4 MUST BE REJECTED .
( B ) THE VALIDITY OF THE PERIODIC REPORT
22 THE APPLICANT ' S MAIN SUBMISSION IS THAT HIS PERIODIC REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 1977 TO 1979 CONTAINS NO STATEMENT OF REASONS . HE CLAIMS THAT THE ABSENCE OF ANY EXPLANATION IS ESPECIALLY WORRYING BECAUSE THE ASSESSMENTS IN THE REPORT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE IN HIS PREVIOUS REPORTS . HOWEVER , THE GUIDE TO STAFF REPORTS , DRAWN UP BY THE COMMISSION , REQUIRES ASSESSORS TO PROVIDE ' EXPLANATIONS . . . FOR ANY CHANGE IN THE ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT SINCE THE PREVIOUS REPORT ' .
23 THE APPLICANT ADDS THAT AT HIS REQUEST THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO AN APPEAL ASSESSOR , WHO DECIDED , HOWEVER , TO UPHOLD THE REPORT SAVE ON A MINOR DETAIL . IN ITS WRITTEN OPINION THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON STAFF REPORTS FOUND IN THIS REGARD THAT THERE WAS ' A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE ANALYTICAL AND GENERAL ASSESSMENT SINCE THE PREVIOUS REPORT ' , THAT ' NO EXPLANATION IS PROVIDED FOR THAT CHANGE ' AND THAT ' NO REASONS ARE PROVIDED IN THE GENERAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT ' .
24 THE COMMISSION POINTS OUT THAT A NEW SYSTEM OF STAFF ASSESSMENT WAS INTRODUCED AS FROM 1979 . AS FAR AS THE ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT HEADINGS ARE CONCERNED , THE SYSTEM WAS SO NEW THAT NO SERIOUS COMPARISON COULD BE MADE WITH PREVIOUS COMMENTS . THE COMMISSION EXPRESSLY DREW OFFICIALS ' ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS AND REQUESTED THEM TO DISREGARD PREVIOUS REPORTS .
25 IN THIS REGARD THE COMMISSION POINTS OUT THAT A NEW GUIDE TO STAFF REPORTS WAS PUBLISHED IN 1979 , WHICH INTRODUCED THE NEW SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT . IN THAT GUIDE IT IS STATED THAT WHEN MENTIONING ANY PROGRESS OR AREA IN WHICH AN OFFICIAL HAS FALLEN BACK THE ASSESSOR MUST ' PROVIDE AS EXPLICIT AS POSSIBLE A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CHANGES IN THE ANALYTICAL