https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311162 Seniority for a direct recruit selected against a specific substantive vacancy must be linked to that vacancy where the appointee was kept out of service by an interim restraint. The absence of an express back date in the appointment order did not alter the true character of the appointment, which arose from the 1982-83 direct recruitment process. The respondents could not use their later regularisation of ad hoc promotions, or the delay caused by their own challenge to the select list, to defeat the appellant's claim. Seniority was therefore to be fixed ahead of the respondents, and the date of the appointment order alone was not the correct reference point. en-us Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:29:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311162 Seniority for a direct recruit selected against a specific substantive vacancy must be linked to that vacancy where the appointee was kept out of service by an interim restraint. The absence of an express back date in the appointment order did not alter the true character of the appointment, which arose from the 1982-83 direct recruitment process. The respondents could not use their later regularisation of ad hoc promotions, or the delay caused by their own challenge to the select list, to defeat the appellant's claim. Seniority was therefore to be fixed ahead of the respondents, and the date of the appointment order alone was not the correct reference point. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311162