Supreme Court of India
Secretary, Minor Irrigation Deptt. & R.E.S. v. Narendra Kumar Tri Path I
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What the Court ordered
We hold that: (A) Once an incumbent is appointed to a post according to rule, his seniority has to be counted from the date of his appointment and not according to the date of his confirmation.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Service law: Seniority - Ad hoc appointment - c Regularization of - Claim for seniority from the date of appointment - Held: In the instant case, the appointment was made after due selection process and was neither against the rules nor as stop gap arrangement - Service was subsequently regularised - Employee is entitled to count ad hoc service for his senioritY1- Uttar Pradesh Regularisation of Ad Hoc Appointments (on posts within the purview of the Public Service Commission) (Second Amendment) Rules, 1989 - r. 10 - Uttar Pradesh Regularisation of Ad hoc Appointments (on posts within the
Authorities it was built on
- 1993 State of West Bengal and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Aghore Nath Dey and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1990 Direct Recruit Class Ii Engineering Officers' Association and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 1990 Keshav Chandra Joshi and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2000 Rudra Kumar Sain and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
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