Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 718 · Decided 16 May 2008
Chennai Customs Appraising Officers ASSN. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 718 · [2008] 9 S.C.R. 475
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3630/2008
- Decided
- 16 May 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: ~ A 8 Inter se seniority- Continuous officiation doctrine - Cus­ toms Appraisers' Service, Class II Recruitment Rules 1961 - C Interpretation of - On the touchstone of the decision in Gaya Baksh Yadav case - Customs Department recruiting Apprais­ ers - Two sources of recruitment - Dispute in regard to inter-se seniority between promotees and direct recruits - Held: Whereas all appoint- D ments in the direct recruitment quota being regular in nature, their seniority was to be counted from date of their appoint­ ment, but so far as promotees who had been
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