Section 11(4) in The Assam Economic and Statistical (Junior) Service Rules, 1980
(4)For the purpose of selection under sub-rule (3), the seniority of the Class IV Government servant in all offices under the Director of Economics and Statistics, Assam taken together, shall be determined on the basis of the following principles:(a)Status of the Government servant;(b)Date of joining;(c)Where the date of joining is the same in respect of two or more such persons, the date of birth.Note. - (i) A Government servant holding a post of a higher category will be senior to a person holding a post of a lower category. All the categories of posts borne on the same scale of pay shall be treated as one category, for example, a Duftry and a Jamadar, both borne on the same scale of pay, shall be treated as Government servants of the same category.(ii)A peon might have been promoted to the cadre of Duftry against a purely temporary post, which is not likely to continue for more than one year, in which case the Duftry will be treated as borne in the category of peon.(iii)"Date of joining" means the date of joining the post in the category which he is holding.
