Mr. Mehta, appearing for Dr. S.P. Kapoor, contended that having regard to Rule 10 (a) (iii) of the Rules and the fact that Dr. S.P. Kapoor had been appointed as PCMS Grade I officer by the Punjab Government on 29.8.1965, long before Dr. R.M. Bali and Dr. Jiwan Lal came into Central Health Service on 9.9.1966 and that Dr. S.P. Kapoor had been appointed as a Specialist in the Central Health Service with effect from 1.11.1966 while Dr. R.M. Bali had been appointed in the Specialists ' Grade only with effect from 9.9.1968, Dr. S.P. Kapoor is senior to both Dr. R.M. Bali and Dr. Jiwan Lal in the Himachal Pradesh Health Service though he would undoubtedly be junior to Dr. R.M. Bali and Dr. Jiwan Lal in the Central Health Service as he had come to that Service only on 1.11.1966 while those two individuals had come into that Service on 9.9.1966.