Chennai Customs Appraising Officers ... vs Union Of India & Ors

The Supreme Court interpreted the Customs Appraisers' Service, Class II Recruitment Rules, 1961 and the Department of Revenue (Customs Appraisers) Recruitment Rules, 1988, in light of previous judgments in Mervyn Coutindo v. Collector of Customs and Gaya Baksh Yadav v. Union of India. The Court established that seniority between promotees and direct recruits must be determined based on the principles laid out in the 1959 Circular, which mandates a rotation of vacancies according to the prescribed quotas. The Court upheld the validity of the recruitment rules and the circulars governing seniority, affirming the decisions made by the lower courts.