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22. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in UNION OF INDIA VS. MADRAS TELEPHONE SC & ST SOCIAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION [2006 (8) SCC 662] has observed as under:-

"21. Having regard to the above observations and clarification we have no doubt that such of the applicants whose claim to seniority and consequent promotion on the basis of the principles laid down in the Allahabad High Court's judgment in Parmanand Lal's case have been upheld or recognized by Court or Tribunal by judgment and order which have attained finality will not be adversely affected by the contrary view now taken in the judgment reported in 1997 (10) SCC 226. Since the https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis  AS (MD) NO.87 OF 2019 rights of such applicants were determined in a duly constituted proceeding, which determination has attained finality, a subsequent judgment of a Court or Tribunal taking a contrary view will not adversely affect the applicants in whose cases the orders have attained finality. We order accordingly. "