https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199869 Quota-rota seniority under the 1964 Rules depends on faithful adherence to the prescribed recruitment sources; where there is prolonged and substantial deviation, mechanical rotation becomes arbitrary and cannot displace officers who were earlier regularly promoted and holding substantive posts. Rule 21(4) preserves seniority for earlier appointees, while Rule 25(1)(ii) applies only to contemporaneous or near-contemporaneous entrants and cannot justify reordering seniority after the quota machinery has broken down. The relaxation power and the absence of UPSC consultation did not cure the defect in the impugned seniority lists, which were quashed and replaced by a lawful seniority basis consistent with earlier regular promotions and continuous officiation. en-us Fri, 22 Mar 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:18:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199869 Quota-rota seniority under the 1964 Rules depends on faithful adherence to the prescribed recruitment sources; where there is prolonged and substantial deviation, mechanical rotation becomes arbitrary and cannot displace officers who were earlier regularly promoted and holding substantive posts. Rule 21(4) preserves seniority for earlier appointees, while Rule 25(1)(ii) applies only to contemporaneous or near-contemporaneous entrants and cannot justify reordering seniority after the quota machinery has broken down. The relaxation power and the absence of UPSC consultation did not cure the defect in the impugned seniority lists, which were quashed and replaced by a lawful seniority basis consistent with earlier regular promotions and continuous officiation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Mar 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199869