Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 658 · Decided 27 September 2013
Tamil Nadu Rural Development Engineers Association v. The Secretary to Government Rural Development Department & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 658 · [2013] 9 S.C.R. 840
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8758/2013
- Decided
- 27 September 2013
- Bench
- S.S. NIJJAR, M.Y. EQBAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16, 309
Headnote
C SERVICE LAW: Seniority between direct recruits and promotee Assistant Engineers - Held: Appellants were absorbed in RD Department as Overseers - Their previous service in D Highways Department was also on the post of benefit of previous service on lower post of Overseer for determining seniority on higher post of Assistant Engineer cannot be accepted - Appellants were promoted as Assistant Engineers much later than respondents- E Assistant Engineers (direct recruits) had started discharging their functions
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