Registrar General vs Department Of Law, Justice & Human ... on 3 April, 2014
7. Secondly, Sri M.S.Bhagwat, learned Senior
Counsel refers to the judgment of the Division Bench of this
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Court in the case of REGISTRAR GENERAL VS.
DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND JUSTICE AND HUMAN
RIGHTS, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS
reported in ILR 2014 KAR 3571 and argued that, the
Division Bench has concluded that, the Seniority of
Promotee District Judges shall be reckoned from the date
they were appointed to substantive vacancies and he
emphasized on direction No.3 issued in Writ Appeal No.
6514/2013 in the operative portion of the judgment, and
argued that, the direct recruitees would be placed above to
the Civil Judges (Senior Division) and therefore, the
availability of substantive vacancy is the criterion for
determining the seniority between the Direct recruitees and
promotee Judges.