https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308601 Seniority in a teacher's grade turns on the date of substantive appointment, and an appointment that has been acted upon and administratively recognised is not ordinarily reopened in seniority proceedings on a technical objection about sanction of the post. Sanctioned extraordinary leave, by itself, does not extinguish lien or seniority unless the later engagement is shown to be a substantive appointment on a superior footing. On the stated facts, the earlier appointment was treated as valid for seniority, the teacher did not lose seniority during leave and outside work, and the seniority list was held unsustainable, leaving the petitioner entitled to consideration as senior-most for ad hoc officiating principal. en-us Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:34:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308601 Seniority in a teacher's grade turns on the date of substantive appointment, and an appointment that has been acted upon and administratively recognised is not ordinarily reopened in seniority proceedings on a technical objection about sanction of the post. Sanctioned extraordinary leave, by itself, does not extinguish lien or seniority unless the later engagement is shown to be a substantive appointment on a superior footing. On the stated facts, the earlier appointment was treated as valid for seniority, the teacher did not lose seniority during leave and outside work, and the seniority list was held unsustainable, leaving the petitioner entitled to consideration as senior-most for ad hoc officiating principal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308601