https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294137 Seniorit y of Secondary School Assistant Teachers under the Maharashtra private school service rules is determined category-wise, not by initial appointment or uninterrupted service. Once teachers move into a common category from different sources, their rank is fixed from the date they enter that category, which depends on acquiring the requisite qualification. The judgment also states that there is no universal seniority principle in service law; the applicable statutory framework controls the result. Government circulars supporting continuous-service seniority were upheld only for primary teachers and could not justify revision of secondary teachers' seniority on that basis. en-us Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:20:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294137 Seniorit y of Secondary School Assistant Teachers under the Maharashtra private school service rules is determined category-wise, not by initial appointment or uninterrupted service. Once teachers move into a common category from different sources, their rank is fixed from the date they enter that category, which depends on acquiring the requisite qualification. The judgment also states that there is no universal seniority principle in service law; the applicable statutory framework controls the result. Government circulars supporting continuous-service seniority were upheld only for primary teachers and could not justify revision of secondary teachers' seniority on that basis. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294137