G. DEENDAYALAN AMBEDKAR vs U.O.I. .

The Supreme Court upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision regarding seniority among Assistant Station Masters, emphasizing that seniority should be determined based on the order of merit as established by the Railway Recruitment Board. The Court noted that Rule 303(1)(a) of the Railway Establishment Code mandates that seniority is based on the completion of training, but since the respondents were selected in the same batch and were seniors in merit, their ranking must be maintained. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the Tribunal's ruling that the appellant could not claim seniority over the respondents due to their earlier selection.