https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281079 Appointment to a selection post may consider seniority, but seniority does not create a vested right to appointment. The Chief of Army Staff was shown to have examined the service profiles of all eligible Lieutenant Generals and to have made a comparative assessment before recommending the appointments, so the challenge based on exclusive seniority failed. The policy note requiring two senior eligible officers for each vacancy was treated as directory, and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the selections on the relevant material. No breach of the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961 was found, and the appointments were upheld. en-us Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:22:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281079 Appointment to a selection post may consider seniority, but seniority does not create a vested right to appointment. The Chief of Army Staff was shown to have examined the service profiles of all eligible Lieutenant Generals and to have made a comparative assessment before recommending the appointments, so the challenge based on exclusive seniority failed. The policy note requiring two senior eligible officers for each vacancy was treated as directory, and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the selections on the relevant material. No breach of the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961 was found, and the appointments were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281079