Section 38 in Jammu and Kashmir Forest (Protection) Force Rules, 2012
38. Seniority of directly recruited candidates (enrolled members).
- The seniority of enrolled candidates directly recruited shall be determined as under(1)Candidates who are sent for initial training to a training school shall rank in seniority in the relevant grade, according to the order of merit obtained at the examination held at the end of training period before being posted against working posts and those who pass examination in the second attempt shall rank junior to those who passed in the first attempt but shall rank senior to those who pass in the next or subsequent batches and where candidates secure equal marks, the seniority shall be determined by the date of birth the elder candidate being senior;(2)In case of candidate who are not required to undergo any training the seniority shall be determined on the basis of their order of selection;(3)When two are more candidate are of equal merit at one and the same examination or selection, their relative seniority shall be determined by the date of birth the elder candidate being the senior;(4)When a candidate whose seniority has been fixed under the above rules cannot join duty within three months from the receipt of order of appointment, his seniority among the candidates selected at the same examination or selection shall be reckoned from a date to be determined by the appointing authority;(5)Candidates selected for appointment at an earlier selection shall be senior to those selected later irrespective of the date of joining.
