मैसूर राज्य बनाम एस.वी. नारायणप्पा
| Citation | AIR 1967 SC 1071 |
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
| Date | 27 February 1967 |
| Year | 1967 |
| Bench | K. Subba Rao CJI, R.S. Bachawat, J.M. Shelat JJ. |
| Acts/Articles | Article 14, Article 16 |
| Category | Service & Employment Law |
Key Principle Established
When seniority is determined by date of appointment, an employee who joins earlier is senior even if the appointment order of another was issued earlier. Date of joining the post matters.
A seniority dispute arose where two officers were appointed by the same order but joined at different dates. The question was whose date of appointment determines seniority.
The Court held that where rules provide seniority by date of appointment, it means the date on which the person actually joins and starts discharging duties, not the date of the appointment order. The person who joins first is senior.
A frequently cited authority on the determination of seniority by date of joining, particularly relevant in disputes where multiple candidates are appointed by a common order.
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