Section 7 in The Special Accommodation Rules, 1959
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Each Department or Head of Department of office, shall maintain a waiting list of applicants and shall arrange the applications in order of priority of the date of the applications :Provided that if two or more applications are received on the same date, the applicant drawing higher pay (including amounts classified as Pay) shall get preference over the others and in case of equality of Pay (including amounts classified as Pay) the applicant drawing the same for a longer period shall get preference over the others.
