seniority list captioned as under was issued:
No. 13985/Estt. (R ): Fixation of inter-se-seniority in.. The Inter-se-Seniority (sic) of the following ... position of seniority is more likely to be unsettled by holding that the seniority should be decided on the basis of confirmation
issued Provisional
Seniority list vide Circular No. IRBn/Estt/Seniority of HC (GD)/2018/2138 dated
20/12/2018, distinctively specifying the seniority position from ... seniority of 82 Head Constables (GD) who were promoted during the year
2008, 2009 & 2010 and whose seniority was confirmed vide Order Book
issue of this letter shall not be counted for purposes of seniority, confirmation and promotion." Para 1 of the said letter stipulated that ... issue of the letter shall not be counted for purposes of seniority, confirmation and promotion. It is, therefore, the case of the respondents that
count for seniority and regularisation from the date of their initial engagement thereby counting that period also for seniority, promotion, confirmation and pensionary benefits from ... that the seniority can be reckoned only from the date of regular appointment to the cadre. Thus you are eligible for Seniority, Confirmation and Promotion
applicant did not agitate the seniority fixed for him in the 1986 seniority list. The other four seniority lists, namely, those ... according to the date of his confirmation. The established position now is that confirmation has no bearing on seniority. Seniority is now determined from
seniority rule was held to suffer from the vice that the valuable right of seniority was made dependent upon the mere accident of confirmation which ... seniority Rules 9 on the ground that it is unconstitutional as the determination of seniority has been made dependent on the date of confirmation. This
confirmations and confirmation should be made based on the length of service. At that time LDCE promotees were treated as direct recruits and were confirmed ... case . The rules of confirmation and seniority have been changed and de-linked seniority from the date of confirmation.
The applicant further pleaded that
following relief:-
"A) An order be passed quashing the impugned
confirmed seniority list of Sub Inspector
(Executive) of A&N Police being ... Order was not challenged by the applicants and
thereafter, a final/confirmed seniority list of Sub-Inspector
(Executive) of Andaman & Nicobar Police after considering
following reliefs:-
(A) An Order be passed quashing the impugned confirmed seniority list of
Sub Inspectors (Executive) of A&N Police being ... applicants again submitted their representations on 21/10/2022 against
the confirmed Seniority List dated 11/07/2019 by citing the Office Memorandum
dated 4th November 1992 on the subject of De-
linking seniority from confirmation reads as follows:
" No.20011/5/90-Estt.D
Government ... account the date of confirmation which is
21.1.1983 and 01.2.1983 respectively. Whereas the date of confirmation of applicants
date of confirmation was 01.4.1988 which
