Section 5 in The Orissa High Court (Conditions of Service of Staff) Rules, 1963
5.
(1)Seniority of members of different grades in Class III and Class IV services shall be determined in accordance with the dates of their substantive appointment in each such grade.(2)Where members are recruited by promotion and by direct appointment at the same time, the promotes shall lake precedence over the direct recruits.(3)Members promoted at the same time will keep the position inter se which they held in the service from which they were promoted.(4)The decision regarding the seniority of direct recruit& appointed at the same time shall be made by the appointing authority at the time of their confirmation. The seniority will be determined according to the merits to be judged on the basis of marks obtained in the examination prescribed as well as by general consideration of merits, educational qualification, age and previous experience in any post.
