https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168201 Ad hoc temporary service as Assistant Engineer could not be counted for seniority from the date of initial appointment where recruitment rules required appointment through prescribed regular procedure and the initial engagement was only stop-gap, fixed-term and subject to reversion. The principle of continuous officiation applies only when the initial appointment is made in accordance with rules, or where any defect is merely procedural and the appointment is otherwise regular. Because the respondents were later absorbed only from the date of regularisation, their seniority could be reckoned only from that date, not from the earlier ad hoc service. en-us Fri, 02 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:14:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168201 Ad hoc temporary service as Assistant Engineer could not be counted for seniority from the date of initial appointment where recruitment rules required appointment through prescribed regular procedure and the initial engagement was only stop-gap, fixed-term and subject to reversion. The principle of continuous officiation applies only when the initial appointment is made in accordance with rules, or where any defect is merely procedural and the appointment is otherwise regular. Because the respondents were later absorbed only from the date of regularisation, their seniority could be reckoned only from that date, not from the earlier ad hoc service. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168201