U.K. Subramaniam vs Tmt.N. Meenakshi on 27 April, 2007
In (2001) 10 SCC 397 (DEV RAJ GUPTA v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS), a clerk in the office of the District and Sessions Judge got selected and appointed to the post of Clerk in the Office of Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner and subsequently he claimed that his past services should be counted towards his seniority. Such contention was repelled by the High Court. In the appeal, it was observed :-