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(iii) Ordinarily, notional seniority may not be granted from the backdate and
if it is done, it must be based on objective considerations and on a valid
classification and must be traceable to the statutory rules.
(iv) The seniority cannot be reckoned from the date of occurrence of the
vacancy and cannot be given retrospectively unless it is so expressly provided by
the relevant service rules. It is so because seniority cannot be given on
retrospective basis when an employee has not even been borne in the cadre and
by doing so it may adversely affect the employees who have been appointed
validly in the meantime.