K.A. ABDUL MAJEED vs STATE OF KERALA . — C.A. No. 5122/2001

The Supreme Court allowed K.A. Abdul Majeed's appeal, holding that his seniority must be determined by his original appointment date (27.03.1981) under Rule 27 of the Kerala and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958, not by the later date when he acquired requisite qualifications. The Court quashed the impugned seniority list that had placed him junior to respondents 4, 5, and 6, and directed the authority to publish a fresh seniority list based on the 1987 provisional list showing the appellant senior to those respondents. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.