https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166622 The dominant issue was whether temporary doctors appointed in the PMS cadre, against substantive vacancies and in consultation with the State PSC, are entitled to seniority from the date of initial appointment or only from regularisation under the Regularisation Rules. The SC held that an earlier 3-Judge Bench, affirming the HC, correctly recognised continuity and seniority from initial appointment notwithstanding later regularisation, while a subsequent 2-Judge Bench contrary view limiting seniority to the date of regularisation was directly in conflict with binding larger-Bench precedent. The SC declared the 2-Judge Bench view not to be correct law and directed that the writ petitions be decided without relying on it, to be placed before a 3-Judge Bench for final disposal. en-us Thu, 04 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:19:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166622 The dominant issue was whether temporary doctors appointed in the PMS cadre, against substantive vacancies and in consultation with the State PSC, are entitled to seniority from the date of initial appointment or only from regularisation under the Regularisation Rules. The SC held that an earlier 3-Judge Bench, affirming the HC, correctly recognised continuity and seniority from initial appointment notwithstanding later regularisation, while a subsequent 2-Judge Bench contrary view limiting seniority to the date of regularisation was directly in conflict with binding larger-Bench precedent. The SC declared the 2-Judge Bench view not to be correct law and directed that the writ petitions be decided without relying on it, to be placed before a 3-Judge Bench for final disposal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 04 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166622