https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275561 The year of allotment remained the governing principle for inter se seniority in the integrated service because the long-settled arrangement had been consistently followed and had already been judicially approved, so the challenge to that seniority framework failed. Section 3(2)(a) of the Orissa Administrative Service Class II (Appointment of Officers Validation) Act, 1986 was unconstitutional to the extent it gave preferential treatment to 1970 and 1971 direct recruits over similarly situated 1972 direct recruits, as the classification lacked a rational basis and offended equality. The settled seniority scheme was maintained, while the discriminatory part of the validating provision was struck down. en-us Tue, 09 Jan 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:00:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275561 The year of allotment remained the governing principle for inter se seniority in the integrated service because the long-settled arrangement had been consistently followed and had already been judicially approved, so the challenge to that seniority framework failed. Section 3(2)(a) of the Orissa Administrative Service Class II (Appointment of Officers Validation) Act, 1986 was unconstitutional to the extent it gave preferential treatment to 1970 and 1971 direct recruits over similarly situated 1972 direct recruits, as the classification lacked a rational basis and offended equality. The settled seniority scheme was maintained, while the discriminatory part of the validating provision was struck down. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Jan 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275561