https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194489 Seniority in the Bihar Forest Service had to be fixed under Rule 35 of the Bihar Forest Service Rules, 1953, not by inconsistent executive instructions. The rule made seniority depend on the date of substantive appointment, and its proviso gave promoted officers priority over direct recruits only where both were appointed at the same time; where rangers were promoted at the same time, their inter se seniority followed their earlier seniority as rangers. On the facts, the appellant and other promoted officers were appointed at different times, so their rank was governed by seniority as rangers, under which the appellant was junior. A direct recruit appointed at a different time was not affected by the proviso. en-us Tue, 19 Sep 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:11:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194489 Seniority in the Bihar Forest Service had to be fixed under Rule 35 of the Bihar Forest Service Rules, 1953, not by inconsistent executive instructions. The rule made seniority depend on the date of substantive appointment, and its proviso gave promoted officers priority over direct recruits only where both were appointed at the same time; where rangers were promoted at the same time, their inter se seniority followed their earlier seniority as rangers. On the facts, the appellant and other promoted officers were appointed at different times, so their rank was governed by seniority as rangers, under which the appellant was junior. A direct recruit appointed at a different time was not affected by the proviso. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 Sep 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194489