Supreme Court of India

Jagdish Ch. Patnaik and Ors. v. State of Orissa and Ors.

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Reported as [1998] 2 S.C.R. 676
Bench G.B. Pattanaik and M. Srinivasan JJ.
Decided 7 April 1998
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Service law : Orissa Service of Engineers Rules, I 941: Rule 26. Seniority-Inter se-Direct recruits vis-a-vis promotees-Determination of-Officers-' 'Recruited by promotion and by direct recruitment in the same year"-Held: The word "recruited" means "appointed" and the "year" means calendar year- Direct recruit is recruited when appointment letter is issued and not when process of recruitment is started-Hence, direct recruits recruited during the calendar year would be junior to the promotee recruits recruited during the said calendar year-Further, while determining seniority, reference to

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