P. SATYANARAYANA RAO . vs S.V.P. SARVANI . — C.A. No. 7360 - 7361/2002

The Supreme Court dismissed P. Satyanarayana Rao's appeal against S.V.P. Sarvani regarding inter-se seniority in the Commercial Taxes Department. The Court held that when the appellant requested transfer from a subordinate office (Category-11) to the Head of Department's office (Category-10), Rule 27(1)(iii) applied, meaning his seniority would be calculated from his appointment date in the new position, not carried forward from the previous posting. The Court reasoned that making a transfer application constitutes a voluntary request, and the transferee must accept the consequences, including loss of prior service credit for seniority purposes. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.