Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 660 · Decided 20 November 2003
Pramod K. Pankaj v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 660 · [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 916
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 62/1999
- Decided
- 20 November 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 309, 162
Headnote
K. PANKAJ V. STATE OF BIHAR A1''D ORS. B NOVEMBER 20, 2003 (V.N. KHARE, CJ. AND S.B. SINHA, J.) Service Law : C Seniority-Inter se seniority-Determination of-Held: In the absence of any statutory provisions or rules made thereunder or under the proviso to Art. 309 of the Constitution seniority has for promotion-Implication of-Held: As no date for acquisition of higher qualification had been prescribed by the resolution, in the absence of statutory rules governing the field. seniority had to be reckoned from the date of appointment as also continuous officiation in the lower post. E
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