Section 5(2) in The Orissa Administrative Tribunal (Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Officers and Staff) Rules, 1999
(2)The Officers or employees so absorbed in any post or the service shall not claim seniority accrued to them in their parent Departments or Offices :Provided that the seniority inter se of the officers or the employees so absorbed in the Service shall count from the date of their absorption in any cadre of the Service and if two or more persons are absorbed in a particular grade on the same day, their inter se seniority shall be decided by taking into consideration the period of their past services rendered in their parent Departments/Offices:Provided further that the services rendered by an officer/employee in the Tribunal before the commencement of these rules shall be reckoned towards counting of seniority and eligibility for promotions to the next higher grade in the Tribunal.
