Section 33: Seniority

33. Seniority.- Seniority of persons appointed to the post encadred in the service shall be determined from the date of appointment on the post after regular selection in accordance with provisions of these rules. Appointment on ad-hoc or urgent temporary basis shall not be deemed to be appointment after regular selection. Provided that- (i) the inter seniority of persons appointed to a post in a particular category by direct recruitment on the basis of one and same selection, except those who do not join Service when a post is offered to them within a period of six weeks from the date of issue of order or longer, if extended by the Appointing Authority, shall follow the order in which their name have been placed in the list prepared under rule 25. (ii) if two or more persons are appointed to service during the same year a person appointed by promotion shall rank senior to a person appointed by direct recruitment. (iii) the persons selected and appointed as result of a selection, which is not subject to review and revision, shall rank senior to the persons who are selected and appointed as a result of subsequent selection. (iv) the seniority inter-se of persons selected on the basis of seniority cum merit and basis of merit in the same selection shall be the same as in the next lower grade. *“Provided that reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees, with consequential seniority, shall continue till the roster points are exhausted; and adequacy of promotion is achieved. * Added vide Notification No. F. 7(3)DOP/A-II/2008 dated 11.09.2011 w.e.f. 01.04.1997 Once the roster points are complete the theory of replacement shall thereafter be exercised in promotion whenever vacancies earmarked for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes employees occur. If on the application of these provisions the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes employees who had been promoted earlier and are found in excess of the adequacy level, shall not be reverted and shall continue on ad-hoc basis, and also any employee who had been promoted in pursuance to Notification No. F. 7(l)DOP/A-II/96 dated 1-4-1997 shall not be reverted. Notification No. F. 7(l)DOP/A-II/96 dated 1-4-1997 shall be deemed to have been repealed w.e.f. 1-4-1997. Explanation:- Adequate representation means 16 representation of the Scheduled Castes and 12 representation of the Scheduled Tribes in accordance with the roster point.”