Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 389 · Decided 25 March 2025
The Secretary to Government Department of Health & Family Welfare & ANR. v. K.C. Devaki
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 389 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1133
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4356/2025
- Decided
- 25 March 2025
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Issue arose for consideration that whether the transfer or reappointment of a government employee from one post to another impact his/her seniority in the new post, and if so, is such seniority contingent upon whether the transfer interest or at the employees own request. Service law - Seniority - Transfer or reappointment of government employee from one post to another - Impact on seniority in the new post - Seniority, if contingent upon the transfer made in public interest or
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