Supreme Court of India
K.P. Sudhakaran and Anr. v. State of Kerala and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we find that the revised seniority lists dated 13.11.1990 and 22.9.1997 under which seniority of transferred LDCs. (inter district transferees) is counted only from the date of their joining the new district, excluding the previous service, are proper and do not call for interference. ' --< K.P. SUDHAKARAN v.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Service Law Kera/a State and Subordinate Service Rules. 1958-Seniority-Recruits in one district transferred to same post in another district on their own request, and taking rank below junior-most local employee in that post in that district-However, in a State-wise seniority list for promotions to next post, seniority of transferred employee shown with reference to their first appointment and not with reference to dates of their joining in district to which they were transferred-High Court holding that in view of proviso to Rule 27 seniority of transferred employee was to be reckoned from
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 The Secretary to Government Department of Health & Family Welfare & Anr. v. K.C. Devaki
- 2014 Kumod Kumar &another v. State of Jharkhand & Others
- 2013 Pradip Kumar Maity v. Chinmoy Kumar Bhunia & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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