Supreme Court of India · 2019-11-19
K. MEGHACHANDRA SINGH vs NINGAM SIRO
- Citation / case number
- SC 2019/22662
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- K. MEGHACHANDRA SINGH
- Respondent
- NINGAM SIRO
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY
- Bench
- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed an inter-se seniority dispute in the Manipur Police Service Grade II Cadre, governed by the Manipur Police Service Rules, 1965. The Court held that seniority should be determined based on the date of regular appointment rather than the date of vacancy, affirming the High Court's decision that promotees appointed on 01.03.2007 should be ranked above direct recruits appointed later. The judgment relied on the precedent set in Jagdish Chandra Patnaik vs. State of Orissa, clarifying the interpretation of 'year' as the financial year.