M. SRINIVASA PRASAD . vs CONTROLLER & AUDITOR GEN.OF INDIA . — C.A. No. 5013/2000

Case Summary: M. Srinivasa Prasad v. Controller & Auditor General of India The Supreme Court dismissed the appellants' appeal challenging their seniority determination as Section Officers in the Audit and Accounts Department. The court held that seniority should be reckoned from the date candidates actually took charge as regular Section Officers after passing the Section Officer Grade Examination, not from their initial appointment as probationers. The court upheld executive standing orders issued by the Comptroller & Auditor General as valid instruments to fill gaps left by the silent recruitment rules, finding these instructions consistent with and supplementary to statutory rules. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.