Supreme Court Rules Seniority Calculation from Appointment Date

Kathmandu. The full bench of the Supreme Court has ruled that the seniority of civil servants appointed on the same date through open competition will be calculated from the 'date of appointment' and not from the 'date of joining'.

The full text of the verdict delivered by Justices Mahesh Sharma Paudel, Abdul Aziz Musalman, and Hariprasad Phuyal's full bench was recently made public. The precedent previously established, which considered the date of joining as the basis, has been declared 'ineffective with future effect'.