https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157727 For selection posts, seniority alone does not create an enforceable right to promotion, because merit and experience remain the primary criteria for appointment. Where the statutory rules do not prescribe the method of promotion, the executive may validly issue administrative instructions to supplement the rules, provided they are consistent with them. A merit-based selection system for selection posts does not, by itself, offend Articles 14 and 16, and seniority may operate only as a tiebreaker where merit is equal. The challenge to the promotions therefore failed. en-us Mon, 07 Aug 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:25:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157727 For selection posts, seniority alone does not create an enforceable right to promotion, because merit and experience remain the primary criteria for appointment. Where the statutory rules do not prescribe the method of promotion, the executive may validly issue administrative instructions to supplement the rules, provided they are consistent with them. A merit-based selection system for selection posts does not, by itself, offend Articles 14 and 16, and seniority may operate only as a tiebreaker where merit is equal. The challenge to the promotions therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 07 Aug 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157727