In Brief
Tax Assistant employees sought promotion to Senior Tax Assistant following cadre restructuring. The Court held that upon the statutory rules restructuring the cadre, the appellants automatically became Senior Tax Assistants and were entitled to count previous service towards benefits. The Court clarified that inter se seniority among restructured categories must be determined under Rule 5 of the recruitment rules. While the appeal stood dismissed, the Court directed that where promotions were already granted, they be treated as notional, conferring seniority and pension benefits retrospectively to the date the rules came into force.
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