https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284275 Where service rules expressly governed cadre structure and seniority, earlier ad hoc or officiating service before regularisation was not counted to give seniority over direct recruits. The text rejects the argument that screening and later regularisation are equivalent to direct recruitment, because the regularised employees remained outside the cadre until regularisation and the inter se seniority of same-year recruits was determined by merit under the rules. Principles used in disputes between direct recruits and promotees were held inapplicable to a dispute between direct recruits alone. The regularised employees were therefore placed below the later direct recruits, and claims for higher seniority and consequential promotional benefits failed. en-us Fri, 09 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:56:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284275 Where service rules expressly governed cadre structure and seniority, earlier ad hoc or officiating service before regularisation was not counted to give seniority over direct recruits. The text rejects the argument that screening and later regularisation are equivalent to direct recruitment, because the regularised employees remained outside the cadre until regularisation and the inter se seniority of same-year recruits was determined by merit under the rules. Principles used in disputes between direct recruits and promotees were held inapplicable to a dispute between direct recruits alone. The regularised employees were therefore placed below the later direct recruits, and claims for higher seniority and consequential promotional benefits failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284275