https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287765 Regulation 9(2) of the Andhra Pradesh College Service Commission service regulations was sustained by reading it down, because a statutory provision should be harmoniously construed and preserved where a reasonable, contextually consistent meaning is available. The Court held that the regulation could not be read to exclude the past Government service of deputationists permanently absorbed in the Commission when determining seniority, particularly in light of Regulation 9(1), which preserved their earlier service. Their entire continuous service, including pre-absorption Government service, had to be counted for inter se seniority in the Commission. en-us Tue, 03 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:09:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287765 Regulation 9(2) of the Andhra Pradesh College Service Commission service regulations was sustained by reading it down, because a statutory provision should be harmoniously construed and preserved where a reasonable, contextually consistent meaning is available. The Court held that the regulation could not be read to exclude the past Government service of deputationists permanently absorbed in the Commission when determining seniority, particularly in light of Regulation 9(1), which preserved their earlier service. Their entire continuous service, including pre-absorption Government service, had to be counted for inter se seniority in the Commission. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287765