https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302822 Where recruitment rules and settled practice make merit the basis of selection, and no statutory seniority rule provides otherwise, inter se seniority of direct recruits must ordinarily follow the merit ranking in the select list. Roster points govern reservation in appointment, not seniority among candidates selected from the same examination, and a fortuitous date of joining cannot displace merit-based seniority. The Court also noted that candidates unjustly denied timely appointment and later appointed pursuant to judicial directions should not lose seniority for no fault of theirs, and that a long-settled seniority position should not be unsettled after many years. The merit-based seniority list was upheld. en-us Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 11:33:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302822 Where recruitment rules and settled practice make merit the basis of selection, and no statutory seniority rule provides otherwise, inter se seniority of direct recruits must ordinarily follow the merit ranking in the select list. Roster points govern reservation in appointment, not seniority among candidates selected from the same examination, and a fortuitous date of joining cannot displace merit-based seniority. The Court also noted that candidates unjustly denied timely appointment and later appointed pursuant to judicial directions should not lose seniority for no fault of theirs, and that a long-settled seniority position should not be unsettled after many years. The merit-based seniority list was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302822