the pronouncement of the Supreme Court on identical facts in Civil Appeal No. 7830/2014, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. & Ors. Vs. S.K. Dubey & Ors decided on 12th August, 2014. The Supreme Court while dealing with a similar order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur has observed that the directions cannot be sustained for several reasons including there was no rule with regard to assigning a notional date of promotion with retrospective effect and ROTA was not applicable. Lastly, it was well settled that a person appointed on promotion shall not get seniority in earlier years but shall get a seniority of the year in which his/her appointment was made in the absence of express provision to the contrary. It was held that the applicable rules have nothing to do with inter se seniority between promotees of 75% quota based upon seniority-cum-fitness and 25% competitive exam quota on the basis of which the respondents have been selected. Notably, the Supreme Court had set aside decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench dated 26th April, 2010 passed in OA No.181/2009 and the decision of the Karnataka High Court dated 21st April, 2011. This decision of the Supreme Court squarely applies and covers the
