Section 42 in Jammu and Kashmir Forest (Protection) Force Rules, 2012
42. Effect of reduction in rank, grade or pay on seniority.
(1)Reduction, in a scale of pay, as distinct from reduction from a higher rank or grade, shall not effect the position of a member of the Force on the seniority list.(2)In the case of reduction to a lower rank or to a lower scale of pay(i)If a member of the Force is punished with reduction to a lower scale of pay for a specified period, his seniority and pay shall be restored as soon as the period of punishment is over;(ii)If the member of the Force is punished with reduction to a lower rank or grade for specified period, he shall be re-promoted automatically to the rank or grade from which he was reduced. The seniority of such member of the Force shall be fixed at a position in the higher rank or grade at which it would have been but for his reduction;(iii)If the member of the Force has been punished by way of reduction from a higher rank or grade to a lower rank or grade, his seniority in the lower rank or grade shall be fixed with reference to his position to which he would have been entitled but for his promotion to the higher rank or grade from which he was reduced.
