RAMESH K SHARMA . vs RAJASTHAN CIVIL SERVICES — C.A. No. 6298 - 6299/1995

Summary The Supreme Court dismissed appeals by direct recruit Commercial Tax Inspectors challenging their junior seniority to surplus employees from the Land and Building Tax Department who were absorbed into the same cadre. The Court held that the absorbed employees' appointments from March 1, 1974 were substantive in nature—being made through a selection process with probation and confirmation—and therefore their entire service period counted toward seniority under Rule 15 of the Absorption Rules, rejecting arguments that the appointments were ad hoc or procedurally defective. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.