https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168200 Under the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, seniority could not be fixed by a mechanical quota-rota formula where temporary appointments from one source were made under Rules 16 and 17. Promotee Additional District and Sessions Judges appointed in substantive, non-ad hoc, non-fortuitous vacancies were treated as part of the service for seniority purposes, and continuous officiation controlled seniority instead of strict rotation with direct recruits. The quota-rota system was therefore inapplicable to such appointments, and a gradation list excluding those promotees was constitutionally invalid. The existing rules were upheld, but the impugned seniority list was quashed and a fresh list was directed, without altering inter se seniority among promotees or affecting the special position of the scheduled caste appointee. en-us Tue, 14 Aug 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168200 Under the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, seniority could not be fixed by a mechanical quota-rota formula where temporary appointments from one source were made under Rules 16 and 17. Promotee Additional District and Sessions Judges appointed in substantive, non-ad hoc, non-fortuitous vacancies were treated as part of the service for seniority purposes, and continuous officiation controlled seniority instead of strict rotation with direct recruits. The quota-rota system was therefore inapplicable to such appointments, and a gradation list excluding those promotees was constitutionally invalid. The existing rules were upheld, but the impugned seniority list was quashed and a fresh list was directed, without altering inter se seniority among promotees or affecting the special position of the scheduled caste appointee. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Aug 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168200