As many as 48 IAS officers of the State have not filled their online appraisal forms despite repeated reminders being sent by the Personnel Department. The last date for marking the entries under the SPARROW window for online appraisal is December 31, 2016 for the year 2016-17. Under the All India Services Performance Appraisal Report Rules if the entries are not marked by the fixed date the process for appraisal cannot be done later. Because of the delay the work of reporting/reviewing and accepting at the higher level has been put on hold. If the officers do not mark their entries by 31/12/2017 the documentation of their appraisal work would not be completed and their promotions etc would be disrupted. Notably, the manual system of PAR will not be accepted by the Government of India,