(1) Every permanent employee of the sansthan, on recruitment shall rank for seniority.
(2) Save as otherwise provided, seniority of a Sansthan employee shall be fixed according to his selection merit list if applicable and date of appointment in the particular post. In case the date of appointment being the same, the seniority should be reckoned with respect to the age.
(3) In case the Sansthan employees belonging to two or more different posts in the same scale of pay are eligible for promotion in one or more different higher posts in the same scale of pay, a joint seniority list of the Sansthan employees belonging to different posts in accordance with their dates of appointments, shall be prepared and such joint seniority list LF may be taken into consideration for fixing seniority for the purpose of promotion to the higher post or posts, subject to other provisions regarding seniority and promotion mentioned in these regulations.
(4) The Executive Officer may prescribe any other criteria for the purpose of fixing seniority, if found necessary subject to the approval of the Committee.
(VI) PROMOTION AND REVERSION