Seniority of a Board’s employee in any grade shall be determined as under:-
(i) Employees appointed in a substantive capacity in each grade shall rank senior to such employees as are appointed in a temporary or officiating capacity.
(ii) The relative seniority of all direct recruits shall be determined in the order of merit in which they are selected for appointment, persons appointed as a result of the earlier selection being senior to those appointed as a result of subsequent selection.
(iii) The relative seniority of persons promoted to the various grades shall be determined in the order of selection for such promotions.
(iv) The relative seniority of direct recruits and promotees shall be determined on the principle that the promotee who works in the post, except on a purely temporary or adhoc basis, at the point of the direct recruit joining the post, will rank senior to the direct recruit and those who are promoted later will rank after him.
Provided that once the seniority of various persons appointed to a grade in accordance with the quotas prescribed for direct recruitment, promotion etc. has been determined, their confirmation in that grade shall also be made in the order of their seniority, irrespective of the quotas prescribed for direct recruitment, promotion etc. in the relevant grade.
This shall not, however, affect reservation and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.