https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174444 Where service rules give Graduate Sub-Engineers accelerated eligibility for promotion after acquiring an engineering degree during service, cadre seniority is not reset from the date of graduation unless the rules expressly so provide. The Court found that the reduced eight-year qualifying period was only an incentive for in-service diploma-holders who later obtained the degree, while seniority continued to depend on length of service as Sub-Engineer. The departmental gradation list based on service in the cadre was therefore proper, and the contrary view of the Tribunal was set aside. en-us Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:23:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174444 Where service rules give Graduate Sub-Engineers accelerated eligibility for promotion after acquiring an engineering degree during service, cadre seniority is not reset from the date of graduation unless the rules expressly so provide. The Court found that the reduced eight-year qualifying period was only an incentive for in-service diploma-holders who later obtained the degree, while seniority continued to depend on length of service as Sub-Engineer. The departmental gradation list based on service in the cadre was therefore proper, and the contrary view of the Tribunal was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174444