https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313937 Rule 15 of the Orissa Elementary Education service rules required the gradation list to be prepared on the basis of seniority, and Explanation I treated regular Assistant Teachers as Level-V members from the commencement of the Rules with seniority linked to the date of appointment. The petitioner's service record showed appointment on 22.09.1981, and later deputation did not extinguish his lien in the parent cadre or alter his seniority position. Applying the principle that a statutory procedure must be followed in the manner prescribed, the court held that seniority had to be reckoned from the initial appointment date and the petitioner had to be included in the draft gradation list with consequential service benefits. en-us Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 May 2024 12:43:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313937 Rule 15 of the Orissa Elementary Education service rules required the gradation list to be prepared on the basis of seniority, and Explanation I treated regular Assistant Teachers as Level-V members from the commencement of the Rules with seniority linked to the date of appointment. The petitioner's service record showed appointment on 22.09.1981, and later deputation did not extinguish his lien in the parent cadre or alter his seniority position. Applying the principle that a statutory procedure must be followed in the manner prescribed, the court held that seniority had to be reckoned from the initial appointment date and the petitioner had to be included in the draft gradation list with consequential service benefits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313937