STATE OF TRIPURA vs ARABINDA CHAKRABORTY .

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision regarding the service seniority of the respondent, who had been reappointed on a temporary basis after unauthorized absence. The Court clarified that the respondent's service commenced from the date of his fresh appointment on 22.11.1967, as per the seniority list published on 24.09.1975. The Court held that the respondent's repeated representations for seniority based on his initial appointment in 1964 were rightly rejected, affirming the principle that a fresh appointment nullifies previous seniority claims under service rules.