Supreme Court of India
Malook Singh and Others v. State of Punjab and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that (A) Once an incumbent is appointed to a post according to a rule, his seniority has to counted from the date of appointment and not according to date of his confirmation.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Service Law – Determination of seniority – Ad hoc service, if counted for – Doctrine of res judicata vis-à-vis law of precedent – In view of an earlier writ petition filed by appellants- ad hoc employees against regularly recruited employees appointed aft er them, seniority list was redrawn and the appellants were granted s eniority w.e.f. dates of their initial appointment by including the period of ad hoc service – Fixation of seniority challenged by priv ate respondents who were not party to the earlier writ petitio n but were adversely affected – Allowed by Single Judge – Appeals ,
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