https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281117 Ad hoc service rendered under a stop-gap or rule-deficient appointment cannot be counted towards seniority because it is not regular service made in accordance with the applicable recruitment rules; the claim to seniority from the original ad hoc appointment therefore failed. The Tribunal also could not direct filling up of a post on a public interest footing when no such prayer was made in the original application, as its jurisdiction remains confined to the statutory limits of the pleadings and the Administrative Tribunals Act. The direction to fill the post was accordingly set aside, while the challenge to exclusion of ad hoc service for seniority did not succeed. en-us Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:51:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281117 Ad hoc service rendered under a stop-gap or rule-deficient appointment cannot be counted towards seniority because it is not regular service made in accordance with the applicable recruitment rules; the claim to seniority from the original ad hoc appointment therefore failed. The Tribunal also could not direct filling up of a post on a public interest footing when no such prayer was made in the original application, as its jurisdiction remains confined to the statutory limits of the pleadings and the Administrative Tribunals Act. The direction to fill the post was accordingly set aside, while the challenge to exclusion of ad hoc service for seniority did not succeed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281117