Section 98 in The Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987
98. Inter se seniority of direct recruits and promotees.
-98.1Inter se seniority in posts of enrolled members of the Force filled up partly by direct recruitment and partly promotion shall be so determined as not to disturb the inter se seniority of direct recruits and promotees. Criterion for determination of such seniority shall be the date of promotion in the case of promotees and the date of joining the working post as referred to in sub-rule (2) of rule 94 in the case of direct recruits. When the dated of entry into a grade of a promoted enrolled member of the Force and a direct recruit are the same, they shall be gives alternative positions starting with promotees eg. 1 promotee II - Direct recruits, III - promotees, IV -Direct recruits and so on. This rule shall apply to reqruitments both in initial and intermediate grades.98.2In combined seniority list of candidate qualifying in the second attempt, the promotees shall maintain their seniority according to the panel position and direct recruits according to merit position and they shall be placed in the seniority list alternative as provided in sub-rule(1).98.3Inter se seniority of enrolled members especially promoted without their appearing for the normal selection and without undergoing prescribed initial or prepromotion training for such ranks shall be determined in order of seniority in their previous rank. While fixing their seniority vis-à-vis directly recruited enrolled members and promotees, such especially promoted enrolled members and promotees such especially promoted enrolled members shall be placed below all of them including those who passed initial pre-promotion training at the second attempt.
