https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308160 In direct recruitment, roster points used to implement reservation do not determine inter se seniority among candidates selected together; seniority follows the order of merit in the selection process unless the governing rules expressly provide otherwise. The Supreme Court noted that this principle had already been settled by binding precedent and upheld the High Court's application of it to the Munsiff appointees, whose appointments were made after the law had been clarified. The challenge therefore failed, and seniority was to be fixed by merit rather than roster points. en-us Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:34:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308160 In direct recruitment, roster points used to implement reservation do not determine inter se seniority among candidates selected together; seniority follows the order of merit in the selection process unless the governing rules expressly provide otherwise. The Supreme Court noted that this principle had already been settled by binding precedent and upheld the High Court's application of it to the Munsiff appointees, whose appointments were made after the law had been clarified. The challenge therefore failed, and seniority was to be fixed by merit rather than roster points. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308160