Section 21 in The U.P. Electro-Medical Maintenance Cell Engineering Service Rules, 1983
21. Seniority.
(1)Except as hereinafter provided, the seniority of persons in any category of post shall be determined from the date of the order of substantive appointment and if two or more persons are appointed together, by the order in which their names are arranged in the appointment order :Provided that if the appointment order specified a particular back date with effect from which a person is substantively appointed, that date will deemed to be the date of order of substantive appointment and in other cases it will mean the date of issue of the order ;Provided further that, if more than one orders of appointment are issued in respect of any one selection the seniority shall be as mentioned in the combined order of appointment issued under sub-rule (3) of Rule 18.(2)The seniority inter se of persons appointed directly on the result of any one selection, shall be the same as determined by the Commission :Provided that a candidate recruited directly may lose his seniority if he fails to join without valid reason when vacancy is offered to him. The decision of the appointing authority as to the validity of reason shall be final.(3)The seniority inter se of persons appointed by promotion shall be the same as it was in the cadre from which they were promoted.
