Section 21 in The Assam Accounts Service Rules, 1963
21. Seniority.
- The inter-se seniority of Junior Divisional Accountants will be according to their inter-se seniority as Assistant Divisional Accountants-Provided that with the exception noted below, the seniority of all persons appointed or promoted to the cadre of Junior Divisional Accountants before these rules came into force, shall be determined in order of merit in the final, supplementary and condensed course examinations of the Central Training Institute in which they qualified.Exception. - The seniority of Intermediate Assistant Divisional Accountants promoted to the cadre of Junior Divisional Accounts after passing final or supplementary examinations of the Central Training Institute and on graduation as between themselves and in relation to other Junior Divisional Accountants shall be determined according to the date of their promotion to that cadre. In either of these cases, the seniority of persons promoted to the cadre on the same dale shall be determined according to the order of merit in the Central Training Institute Examinations in which they qualified:Provided that in case where relative merit of the candidates in any examinations secured by any of them in earlier examinations, relatives seniority in cases covered by the proviso shall be determined according to the their date of promotion to the cadre of Junior Divisional Accountants and in all such cases covered by the proviso and the exception thereunder in which the date of promotion to the said cadre is the same, the relative seniority shall be determined according to the date of appointment to the cadre of Assistant Divisional Accountants and when the date of appointment to that cadre is also the same, according to the date of birth:Provided also that the Assistant Divisional Accountants recruited through the Assam Public Service Commission and promoted to the cadre of Junior Divisional Accountants on passing the Condensed Course Examination of the Central Training Institute shall rank senior to the Assistant Divisional Accountants recruited otherwise and promoted to the cadre of Junior Divisional Accountants on the same date. Likewise, the Intermediate Assistant Divisional Accountants promoted to the cadre of Junior Divisional Accountants after passing final or Supplementary examination of the Central Training Institute and on graduation shall rank senior to the Junior Divisional Accountants appointed or promoted to that cadre on passing the same examination held on date later than the date of their graduation.
