https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342753 In a service governed by statutory seniority rules, inter se seniority between promotees and direct recruits is fixed by the date of substantive appointment, not by the date of vacancy or a recruitment roster. The Allahabad HC held that the Uttar Pradesh Government Servant Seniority Rules, 1991 override the recruitment procedure under the 1983 Sales Tax Service Rules, so the cyclic order could not displace the statutory seniority framework. It further held that promotion takes effect only from the date actually granted, and retrospective seniority cannot be claimed unless the rules expressly permit it. The seniority list was therefore upheld, with only administrative directions issued to speed up future promotion processes. en-us Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 May 2017 10:42:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342753 In a service governed by statutory seniority rules, inter se seniority between promotees and direct recruits is fixed by the date of substantive appointment, not by the date of vacancy or a recruitment roster. The Allahabad HC held that the Uttar Pradesh Government Servant Seniority Rules, 1991 override the recruitment procedure under the 1983 Sales Tax Service Rules, so the cyclic order could not displace the statutory seniority framework. It further held that promotion takes effect only from the date actually granted, and retrospective seniority cannot be claimed unless the rules expressly permit it. The seniority list was therefore upheld, with only administrative directions issued to speed up future promotion processes. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342753