https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173060 Rules made under the proviso to Article 309 were held to operate without any special publication requirement where no mode is prescribed, so publication through the Government Orders was sufficient and separate Official Gazette publication of the retrospective clause was unnecessary. The Court also held that seniority in service is not a vested or accrued right, so a retrospective amendment altering seniority does not fail merely because it affects future promotional prospects. On the amended text of G.O.Ms. No. 51, the provision was treated as a rule of appointment, not a mere training measure, because it made eligible Forest Range Officers direct recruits to the post of Assistant Conservators of Forests. en-us Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:23:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173060 Rules made under the proviso to Article 309 were held to operate without any special publication requirement where no mode is prescribed, so publication through the Government Orders was sufficient and separate Official Gazette publication of the retrospective clause was unnecessary. The Court also held that seniority in service is not a vested or accrued right, so a retrospective amendment altering seniority does not fail merely because it affects future promotional prospects. On the amended text of G.O.Ms. No. 51, the provision was treated as a rule of appointment, not a mere training measure, because it made eligible Forest Range Officers direct recruits to the post of Assistant Conservators of Forests. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173060