Section 27 in Bihar Engineering Service Class I Rules, 1939
27. Seniority.
- Seniority in the service shall be determined by the date of the officer's substantive appointment to the Service irrespective of the pay drawn by him provided that a member of the service who holds a superior post substantively shall always be deemed senior to an officer who holds an inferior post substantively. The seniority of officers appointed on the same date shall be determined according to the order of merit in which they were placed at the time of their selection for appointment.
