In Brief
This case concerns the inter-se-seniority of direct recruits and promotees to Income Tax Inspector posts in Gujarat under the Combined Graduate Level Examination 2010. The Supreme Court examined whether direct recruits whose recruitment process commenced in 2009-10 but concluded in 2010 should be interspaced with 2009-10 promotees under the rotation-of-quota system, or placed below all promotees. The Court found the 2019 decision in K. Meghachandra Singh (which changed seniority principles) had not considered binding Constitution Bench and Coordinate Bench precedents. It vacated the interim order and directed effect to the September 2016 seniority list (which interspaced the direct recruits) pending a larger Bench's decision on whether K. Meghachandra remains binding law.
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