Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 348 · Decided 29 March 2007
M. Srinivasa Prasad and ORS. v. The Comptroller & Auditor General of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 348 · [2007] 4 S.C.R. 520
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5013/2000
- Decided
- 29 March 2007
- Bench
- H.K. SEMA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Service Law: Seniority-Determination of-Seniority of direct recruits to the post of C Section Officer on passing examination-Claim that the initial appointment on probation to be reckoned towards the seniority-Recruitment Rules silent about the determination of inter se seniority-standing Orders by statutory Rules-Enforceability of-Held: Executive instructions can supplement the statutory Rules-Furth~r. D it cannot be said that seniority is to be reckoned from the date of appointment. Comptroller and Auditor General's Manual of Standing Orders (Administrative) Volume J~Indian Audit and
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