Supreme Court of India

Shri A.K. Nigam and Ors. v. Shri Sunil Misra and Anr.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 126
Bench Kuldip Singh J.
Decided 13 May 1994

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons the appeal is allowed and the impugqed C order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, dated 5th March, 1993 is set aside.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law-Seniority-Held, it is not an invariable rule that seniority should be detennined only on the basis of the respective dates of appointment to the post-f'rinciples for detennining the Relative Seniority of Class I Officers of All India Services on Indian Railways except Officers of the Medical Depanment and the olher Misc. CategorieH..aid down. The Appellants who originally belonged to the Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS), were promoted to the Indian Railway Person· nel Service (IRPS). Appellants 1 and 2 were substantively appointed to the Junior Scale of the IRPS on

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