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SENIORITY 15.1 Seniority of Direct Recruits and Promotees Relative seniority of all direct recruits will be according to the order of merit based on the select list drawn by Selection Committee. Persons appointed from an earlier select list shall rank senior en-bloc to those appointed from subsequent list. 15.2 Delay in joining duty – Seniority will not be affected, if person ranked higher in the select list join the post not later than three months from the date of issue of appointment letter to him. (In exceptional cases, the time limit may be extended upto six months. In that case also seniority will not be affected.) 15.3.1 Where promotions are made on the basis of selection by a DPC, the seniority of such promotees shall be in the order in which they are recommended for such promotion by the Committee. Where promotions are made on the basis of seniority, subject to the rejection of the unfit, the seniority of persons considered fit for promotion at the same time shall be the same as the relative seniority in the lower grade from which they are promoted. Where, however, a person is considered unfit for promotion and is superseded by a junior, such person shall not, if he is subsequently found suitable and promoted, take seniority in the higher grade over the junior persons who had superseded him. “Provided that if a candidate belonging to the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribe is promoted to an immediate higher post/ grade against a reserved vacancy earlier than his senior General / OBC candidate who is promoted later to the said immediate higher post/ grade, the General / OBC candidate will regain his seniority over such earlier promoted candidate of the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe in the immediate higher post/ grade.” 15.3.2 Where promotions to a grade are made from more than one grade, the eligible persons shall be arranged in separate lists in the order of their relative seniority in their respective grades. Thereafter, the Departmental Promotion Committee shall select persons for promotion from each list upto the prescribed quota and arrange all the candidates selected from different lists in a consolidated order of merit which will determine the seniority of the persons on promotion to the higher grade. 106 15.4 Where persons recruited or promoted initially on a temporary basis are confirmed subsequently in an order different from the order of merit indicated at the time of their appointment, seniority would be determined by the order of merit indicated at the time of initial appointment and not according to the date of confirmation. 15.4.1 The relative seniority of direct recruits and of promotees shall be determined according to the rotation of vacancies between direct recruits and promotees which shall be based on the quota of vacancies reserved for direct recruitment and promotion respectively in the Recruitment Rules. 15.4.2 If adequate number of direct recruits do not become available in any particular year, rotation of quotas for determining seniority would take place only to the extent of the available direct recruits and the promotees. The short fall may be made good by appointing direct recruits or promotees, as the case may be, but these candidates will be bunched together at the bottom of the seniority list below the last position upto which it is possible to determine seniority, on the basis of rotation of quotas with reference to the actual number of direct recruits or promotees who become available. Shortfall will be adjusted in the next selection. 15.4.3 In order to determine the number of vacancies to be filled during a year under each of the methods of recruitment prescribed, a Vacancy Register giving a running account of the vacancies arising and being filled from year to year may be maintained. 15.5 Seniority of Absorbees (Transferees) 15.5.1 The relative seniority of persons appointed by absorption to any post in the University from any other Department of the Central/ State Government, Autonomous organisation and statutory body, shall be determined in accordance with the order of their selection for such absorption. 15.5.2 Where such absorbees are effected against specific quotas prescribed in the Recruitment Rules, the relative seniority of such absorbees vis-à-vis direct recruits or promotees shall be determined according to the rotation of vacancies which shall be based on the quotas reserved for absorption. 15.5.3 Where a person is appointed by absorption in accordance with the provisions in the Recruitment Rules providing for such absorption in the event of non-availability of suitable candidate by direct recruitment or promotion, such absorbee shall be grouped with direct recruits or promotees, as the case may be, selected on the same occasion. 15.5.4 In the case of a person who is initially taken on deputation and absorbed later (i.e. where the relevant Recruitment Rules provide for “Deputation/ absorption”), his seniority in the grade in which he is absorbed will normally be counted from the date of absorption. If he has, however, been holding already (on the date of absorption) the same or equivalent post on regular basis in his parent department, such regular service shall also be taken into account in fixing his seniority subject to the condition that he will be given seniority from - - the date he has been holding the post on deputation; (or) - the date from which he has been appointed on a regular basis to the same or equivalent post in his parent department; whichever is later. 107 15.5.5 The fixation of seniority of an absorbee in accordance with the above principle will not, however, affect any regular promotions to the next higher grade made prior to the date of such absorption. In other words, it will be operative only in filling up of vacancies in higher grade taking place after such absorption. 15.5.6 In cases in which absorption is not strictly in public interest, the transferred officers will be placed below all officers appointed regularly to the grade on the date of absorption. 15.6 Seniority in Special type of cases 15.6.1 In case where in the order imposing the penalty of reduction to a lower service, grade or post or to a lower time scale it is specified that the reduction is for a specified period and is not to operate to postpone future increments, the seniority of the Employee may, unless the terms of the order of punishment, provide otherwise, be fixed in the higher service, grade or post or the higher time- scale at what he would have been but for his reduction. 15.6.2 Where the reduction is for a specified period and is to operate to postpone future increments, the seniority of the Employee on re-promotion may, unless the terms of the order of punishment provide otherwise, be fixed by giving credit for the period of service rendered by him in the higher service, grade or post or higher time-scale. 15.6.3 Persons under suspension or against whom disciplinary proceedings are pending:- Original seniority will not be affected, if completely exonerated and the suspension is held to be wholly unjustified. Promotion will be given against the first available vacancy. He will be deemed to have been promoted from the date his junior was promoted during the period of pendency of proceedings, for the purpose of counting service in the higher post for eligibility for promotion to the next higher post.