https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168202 A promotee appointed on ad hoc promotion within the prescribed quota, and later approved by the Commission, was entitled to count officiating service from the date of that promotion for seniority as Assistant Engineer. The service rules required recruitment through the prescribed quota and selection process, and the seniority note treated an appointment order with an earlier specified date as the date of substantive appointment. Because the appellants were qualified, promoted within quota, selected through the departmental process, and later approved with reference to the same promotion year, their seniority properly ran from the officiating promotion date. Earlier authorities were distinguished as involving direct recruits, irregular appointments, or excess promotions. en-us Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:23:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168202 A promotee appointed on ad hoc promotion within the prescribed quota, and later approved by the Commission, was entitled to count officiating service from the date of that promotion for seniority as Assistant Engineer. The service rules required recruitment through the prescribed quota and selection process, and the seniority note treated an appointment order with an earlier specified date as the date of substantive appointment. Because the appellants were qualified, promoted within quota, selected through the departmental process, and later approved with reference to the same promotion year, their seniority properly ran from the officiating promotion date. Earlier authorities were distinguished as involving direct recruits, irregular appointments, or excess promotions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168202