(i) Inter-se Seniority amongst employees appointed by direct recruitment shall be determined, as per their position in the merit list.
(ii) In case of appointment by promotion in the same transaction, the candidates will maintain their inter-se seniority as it was in the lower cadre.
(iii) In a recruitment to a cadre by promotion and direct recruitment the employee recruited by promotion shall take precedence over the directly recruited employees provided in the same transaction.
(iv) The relative seniority of members of the Service appointed to any Grade before the appointed day shall be regulated by their relative seniority as determined before that day.
Provided that, if the seniority of any such officer had not been specifically determined before that day, it shall be determined by the High Court Selection Committee.
(v) Every year in the month of January, seniority list of officers/staffs in all cadres shall be prepared and published by the appointing authority and the lists so published shall be used for the purpose of making promotions to the next higher cadre.