D.R. DIWAN vs STATE OF H.P. . — C.A. No. 3614/2003

Case Summary: C.A. No. 003614/2003 - D.R. Diwan v. State of H.P. D.R. Diwan appealed his seniority calculation, claiming it should be reckoned from July 5, 1979 (examination date) rather than October 19, 1981 (declaration date). The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that a prior judgment in Civil Appeal No. 2417 of 1997 (Mohan Lal v. State of H.P.) had already settled that seniority must be reckoned from the examination passing date of October 19, 1981, and this binding precedent applied to the appellant. The Court dismissed the appeal with costs on March 30, 2005. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.