PRAMOD K. PANKAJ vs STATE OF BIHAR — C.A. No. 62 - 65/1999

The Supreme Court held that the Water Resources Department's order of 22.12.1992 fixing inter se seniority based on the date of obtaining engineering degrees was illegal because only the Personnel Department possessed authority to determine such seniority under the 1979 resolution. The Court found that the Water Resources Department had improperly sub-delegated powers it never possessed, violating the principle of delegatus non potest delegare, and accordingly set aside the challenged seniority list. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.