Pay Protection in One Cadre Doesn’t Justify Seniority Claim in Another: Jharkhand High Court
In a significant judgment impacting inter-service transfers in government service, the Jharkhand High Court has ruled that pay protection and the counting of past service for pensionary benefits do not entitle a government employee to claim seniority in a different cadre or service to which they voluntarily shift. The decision was delivered by a Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Rajesh Kumar in L.P.A. No. 204 of…
