DEVENDRA PD SHARMA vs STATE OF MIZORAM — SLP(C) No. 4428/1997

The Supreme Court dismissed the petition and upheld the seniority determination of directly recruited Deputy Superintendents of Police over the promoted petitioner under Rule 25(iii) of the Mizoram Police Service Rules, 1986. The Court held that seniority between direct recruits and promotees must follow quota-rotation based on appointment dates, and since the respondents were found fit for promotion on October 6, 1988 while the petitioner was deemed unfit, he cannot claim seniority over them despite later qualifying—seniority in the lower post becomes immaterial once respondents advanced to higher posts. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.