https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189061 A government servant transferred on own request to another district in the same department loses prior seniority and is ranked from the date of joining the new unit, even where the feeder post is district-wise and the promotional post is state-wise. The proviso to Rule 27(a) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 governed seniority and displaced any inconsistent executive instruction. The court also held that the rule could not be restricted to prospective operation merely to preserve an earlier seniority list, because a judicial direction cannot override the express statutory consequence of own-request transfer. en-us Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Dec 2016 13:20:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189061 A government servant transferred on own request to another district in the same department loses prior seniority and is ranked from the date of joining the new unit, even where the feeder post is district-wise and the promotional post is state-wise. The proviso to Rule 27(a) of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 governed seniority and displaced any inconsistent executive instruction. The court also held that the rule could not be restricted to prospective operation merely to preserve an earlier seniority list, because a judicial direction cannot override the express statutory consequence of own-request transfer. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189061