https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187802 Rule 3 of the Indian Police Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1954 required the Central Government to assess an officer's period of officiation on the facts of the individual case in consultation with the Commission; a fixed cut-off date could not displace that statutory inquiry. The exclusion of officiation before 19 May 1951 had no rational link to the rule and was held arbitrary. The officer's later claim that the officiation was merely a temporary or local arrangement under Explanation 1 also failed, because the surrounding facts did not establish a stop-gap appointment. Seniority and year of allotment therefore had to be reconsidered under the governing rules. en-us Thu, 05 Jan 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:43:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187802 Rule 3 of the Indian Police Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1954 required the Central Government to assess an officer's period of officiation on the facts of the individual case in consultation with the Commission; a fixed cut-off date could not displace that statutory inquiry. The exclusion of officiation before 19 May 1951 had no rational link to the rule and was held arbitrary. The officer's later claim that the officiation was merely a temporary or local arrangement under Explanation 1 also failed, because the surrounding facts did not establish a stop-gap appointment. Seniority and year of allotment therefore had to be reconsidered under the governing rules. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 05 Jan 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187802