Section 25 in The U.P. Board of Revenue Subordinate Audit Service Rules, 1978
25. Seniority.
- Seniority in each category of posts in the Service shall be determined by the date of the appointment in a substantive capacity in that category and where more than one persons are appointed together by the order in which the names are arranged in the order of appointment:Provided that-(i)the inter se seniority of persons directly recruited to the Service shall be the same as determined at the time of selection;(ii)the inter se seniority of persons recruited by promotion shall be the same as it was in the substantive post held by them at the time of promotion.Note. - If any direct recruit takes unusually long time in joining without any reasonable cause, the appointing authority may place him below others in the gradation list after obtaining period approval of the Commission.The approval will be necessary only in the case of those posts which are within the purview of the Commission.
