Service and Labour Law — Seniority — Weightage of service

August 24th, 2013

Service and Labour Law — Seniority — Weightage of service, For promotion and for seniority in a grade, Difference between — Held, there is a clear distinction between weightage given for years of service rendered by an employee for purposes of promotion and weightage given for years of service rendered by an employee for purposes of seniority in a grade — While the first concerns eligibility for promotion to a higher post, the other concerns seniority for being considered for promotion to a higher post.

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P. Sudhakar Rao v. U. Govinda Rao[Bench Strength 3], Civil Appeal Nos. 1712-1713/2002(03/07/2013), 2013(8) SCALE 504: 2013(9) JT 591 [R.M. Lodha, J.: Madan B. Lokur, J.: Kurian Joseph, J.]

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