They read as under:
"1974 Rules : Rule 11 : The
seniority, inter-se seniority of
members of service shall be
determined by the length ... younger
member.
`1980 Rules' : Rules 11 : Seniority
of members of the service : The
seniority, inter se, of members of
the Service shall be determined
existing vacancies subject to review after the finalisation
of the Inter-Se Seniority List of Supervisors and the Cadre
and Recruitment Rules of Public Works ... directed
that the said 107 officers shall be placed in the inter-se
seniority list below the Assistant Engineers.
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On the 3rd of December
terms and conditions of his
substantive appointment.
Rule 12: Seniority-The seniority, inter se, of the
substantive members of the Service, whether direct
recruits ... following rule for the original rule 12:
"12. Seniority.-The seniority, inter se, of the
members of the service, shall be determined
became necessary to integrate
the service and to fix the inter se seniority of the
officers of the: integrated service. The Chief Secretaries ... final inter se seniority list
published on April 6, 1962. With regard to the inter se
seniority list it was pointed out by Mr. Asoke
direct recruitment and 50%
by promotion from a lower grade, the inter-se seniority of direct
recruits and promotees is determined on 1:1 basis ... rotation of
quotas will still be followed for determining the inter-se seniority
of direct recruits and promotees, the present practice of keeping
vacant slots
surplus and
out of the list-Validity of the revised 1974 inter-se
Seniority List and the panel of promotion prepared and
published on January ... open to the Government to
prescribe principles for determining inter-se seniority of
persons belonging to the same service or cadre except that
any such
seniority shall be mentioned in the
combined order of appointment issued under Sub-
rule (3) of Rule 25.
(2) The seniority inter se of persons ... validity of reasons shall be final.
(3) The seniority inter se of persons appointed by
promotion shall be the same
se seniority of persons directly
appointed to the service shall be the same as
determined at the time of selection.
(2) the inter se seniority ... appointments are to be made only by the direct
recruitment the seniority inter se of the persons
appointed on the result of any one selection
SINHA, J :
Criteria for determining inter se seniority amongst the officers
of Haryana Judicial Service; whether on the basis of merit in terms ... Representations were made by the judicial officers for
determination of their inter se seniority in the aforementioned
premise and the matter was considered
recruits, in-fact, raise the question as to whether in
determining inter-se seniority between the promotees and the
direct recruits, the guidelines and directions ... quota and rota was required
to be followed for determining the inter-se seniority.
Interpreting the proviso to Rule 7 of the Rules, Jusitce
Mukharji