https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168207 Temporary stop-gap appointments made pending regular selection through the required consultative process do not confer a right to count seniority from the earlier ad hoc date. Where the governing service rules require consultation for appointment, seniority runs from the date of regular selection by the Commission, not from the initial temporary engagement. Regularisation of an irregular or stop-gap appointment does not by itself validate retrospective seniority for the earlier period. On that basis, the petitioners were held not entitled to seniority from their initial temporary appointments. en-us Mon, 16 Jul 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:14:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168207 Temporary stop-gap appointments made pending regular selection through the required consultative process do not confer a right to count seniority from the earlier ad hoc date. Where the governing service rules require consultation for appointment, seniority runs from the date of regular selection by the Commission, not from the initial temporary engagement. Regularisation of an irregular or stop-gap appointment does not by itself validate retrospective seniority for the earlier period. On that basis, the petitioners were held not entitled to seniority from their initial temporary appointments. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 16 Jul 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168207