Aggrieved by the declaration of inter se seniority favouring the promotees, few direct recruits including the respondent number14 K. Meghachandra Singh and others filed the Writ Appeal No.49 of 2017.This Appeal in the Manipur High Court was transferred to the Gauhati High Court and was re numbered as Writ Appeal No.
19565 67 of 2019 were few of the respondents in the W.P. C No.
366 of 2013 in the High Court of Manipur.
Appointment and seniority in the Manipur Police Service is governed by the Manipur Police Service Rules, 1965 hereinafter referred to as the MPS Rules, 1965 .
They felt that the position being very clear, there was numberreason to embark upon the interpretation of the word words year or for that year, as was done by the Learned Single Judge.
The promotees challenged this through the Writ Petition No.
366 of 2013 were directly recruited into the MPS Grade II Cadre, vide the respective orders dated 14.08.2007 and 24.11.2007.
235 of 2012, the Govt.
66 of 2018.
of Manipur, applying the principle of dovetailing between the promotees and the direct recruit officers, issued the Order on 17.5.2013 publishing the final seniority list as on 01.04.2013 , of the MPS Grade II Officers.
Following the above judgment 26.09.2018 in the Writ Appeal No.66 of 2018 against the direct recruits, Meghachandra Singh and others filed the Review Petition No.
After companysidering the claims and objections and in companypliance with the Courts direction Page 2/32 18.02.2013 in W.P C No.
For the direct recruits appointed on 14.08.2007 against the vacancy of 2004 2005 it was averred that their seniority should be companynted from the date of appointment.
The State Government did number however challenge the analogous judgment 07.07.2017 rendered in the Writ Petition Civil No.366 of 2013.
As this case was filed by one of the promotees i.e., Ningam Siro, the aggrieved party has filed the Special Leave Petition No.17007 of 2019 to challenge the High Courts closure Order.
235 of 2012, in an inter se seniority dispute amongst the direct recruits and promotees in the MPS Grade II Cadre, the State in their companynter affidavit took the stand that seniority should be determined from the date on which the person was appointed but number from the date of vacancy.
366 of 2013.
By amending their Writ Petition, the promotees also challenged the subsequent Govt.
It was also made clear that the promotees will naturally have seniority over the Appellants as they had entered the cadre of MPS Grade II, before the Writ Appellants were borne in the cadre.
orders dated 20.01.2014 and 19.02.2014 where the direct recruits were placed above them.
On the other hand, the Private Respondents 3 to 32 and number 33 in the Writ Petition C No.
Hrishikesh Roy, J. Leave Granted.
Prior to their induction on 01.03.2007 to the MPS Grade II Cadre, the promotees were serving as Inspector of Police and they were granted promotion on the basis of a duly companystituted Departmental Promotion Committee DPC .
These matters pertain to an inter se seniority dispute in the Manipur Police Service Grade II Officers Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by MAHABIR SINGH Date 2019.11.19 Cadre, hereinafter referred to as MPS Grade II Cadre.
They are to be described hereinafter as direct recruits.
