1wp-56-09 Lrs IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No.56 of 2009 Rajesh Chetandas Advani ..Petitioner. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents. Mr S.P. Saxena, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs M. P.Thakur, A.G.P.,for Respondent-State. CORAM: D.K. DESHMUKH AND K.K.TATED,JJ DATED: 7TH DECEMBER,2009 P.C.:- Though it is proved that the petitioner was selected before respondent nos. 4 and 5 but the date 2wp-56-09 of appointment of respondent Nos.4 and 5, admittedly, was also earlier than the date of appointment of the petitioner. Therefore, unless there is a rule governing seniority list which permits the Government to ignore the actual date of joining and give seniority as per the date of selection, the petitioner could not have claimed seniority even before the time he joined the service. That because of some interim order passed by the High Court, the petitioner was not given appointment, in our opinion, is not relevant while deciding the placement of the petitioner in the seniority list. No fault can be found with the order of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal. The Petition is hereby rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH,J) (K.K.TATED,J)