https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126752 Under Rule 26 of the Orissa Service of Engineers Rules, 1941, inter se seniority between direct recruits and promotees was determined by the year of actual appointment after final selection, not by the year in which the vacancy arose. The Court held that the ordinary meaning of recruitment during the same year governed the seniority rule, and quota provisions could not be read into it unless the rule expressly said so. Accordingly, direct recruits appointed in 1980 could not claim seniority as 1978 recruits, and promotees appointed in the same calendar year ranked senior under Rule 26. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126752 Under Rule 26 of the Orissa Service of Engineers Rules, 1941, inter se seniority between direct recruits and promotees was determined by the year of actual appointment after final selection, not by the year in which the vacancy arose. The Court held that the ordinary meaning of recruitment during the same year governed the seniority rule, and quota provisions could not be read into it unless the rule expressly said so. Accordingly, direct recruits appointed in 1980 could not claim seniority as 1978 recruits, and promotees appointed in the same calendar year ranked senior under Rule 26. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126752