Section 18(3) in Bihar Secretariat Service Act, 2007
(3)The seniority of persons appointed to any grade after the appointed day shall be regulated in the following manner:-(i)Assistant grade- (a) The direct recruit shall be ranked inter-se only in the order of merit in which they are placed in the merit list of the Bihar Staff Selection Commission. They shall be ranked junior to the persons appointed through promotion against vacancies in a particular year.(b)The inter-se seniority of persons appointed by promotion shall be determined according to the date of promotion.(ii)Section Officer Grade -(a) The officers appointed through limited competitive examination shall be ranked inter-se in the order of merit in which they are placed at the competitive examination on the results of which they are appointed, the appointee of an earlier examination being ranked senior to those of a later examination.(b)The inter-se-seniority of the officers appointed by promotion after the appointed day shall be regulated by such order in which they are so appointed and shall be determined according to their seniority in the Assistants grade.(c)The officers appointed through limited competitive examination shall rank senior to the officers appointed by a promotion against vacancies in a particular year.(iii)Under-Secretary, Deputy-Secretary etc. - The inter-se seniority of officers promoted to this grade after the appointed day shall be regulated by such order under which they are so appointed.
