New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said that the introduction of the Biometric Attendance System is for the benefit of all the stakeholders, and just because employees in a government office were not consulted before installing does not make it illegal.

A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varale allowed the 2015 petition filed by the Centre challenging the Orissa High Court decision of August 21, 2014, which said that the circulars introducing the Biometric Attendance System (BAS) were issued without prior consultation with the employees and were not in conformity with the complete manual on establishment and administration for central government offices.

The top court noted that in the Office of Principal Accountant General(A&E), Odisha, a BAS was introduced with

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