https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200381 Statutory service rules framed under Article 309 prevailed over administrative instructions on seniority in Panchayat Development Units. The Court treated earlier decisions as per incuriam because they ignored the governing rules, including Rules 35(q) and 35(r), and held they could not bind the Court. Those rules controlled the service position of protected and later-appointed employees, so seniority had to follow the rule-prescribed basis of appointment and continuous service rather than the mere date of passing the qualifying test. G.O. Ms. No. 783, which fixed seniority by qualification date, was inconsistent with that statutory scheme and could not stand. en-us Fri, 26 Oct 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:24:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200381 Statutory service rules framed under Article 309 prevailed over administrative instructions on seniority in Panchayat Development Units. The Court treated earlier decisions as per incuriam because they ignored the governing rules, including Rules 35(q) and 35(r), and held they could not bind the Court. Those rules controlled the service position of protected and later-appointed employees, so seniority had to follow the rule-prescribed basis of appointment and continuous service rather than the mere date of passing the qualifying test. G.O. Ms. No. 783, which fixed seniority by qualification date, was inconsistent with that statutory scheme and could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 26 Oct 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200381