P.Sundar v. the Secretary to Govt.
Case brief
What is this about?
This court addressed two writ petitions concerning seniority fixation between Graduate Assistant Engineers and redesignated Assistant Engineers. The court held that the government's interpretation of Rule 6(A) and GO.Ms.No.431 was erroneous. It ruled that the seniority list must respect the date of appointment and regularisation, upholding the seniority of Graduate Assistant Engineers regularised
What did the court decide?
WP.No.23996 of 2007 allowed; final seniority list quashed and redirected to grant seniority to petitioners as Graduate Engineers; WP.No.37019 of 2006 dismissed.