Section 18 in The Orissa Employment Officers' Service Rules, 1970
18. Seniority.
(1)When officers are recruited by promotion and by direct recruitment during one calendar year the promotee officers shall be considered senior to the officer, directly recruited irrespective of the dates of their appointment.(2)The inter se seniority of officers appointed whether by promotion or by direct recruitment to either branch of the service in the same calendar year shall be in the order in which their names have been arranged by the Commission.
