Such confirmation shall be made in the entry level post to which he was first appointed and an order shall be issued for confirmation of Service.

Fixation of seniority Seniority, inter-se of the members of Service shall be determined by the length of continuous service on any post in the Service: Provided that where there are different cadres in the Service, the seniority shall be determined separately for each cadre: Provided further that in the case of a member appointed by direct recruitment, the order of merit determined by the recruiting agency shall not be disturbed in fixing the seniority: Provided further that in the case of two or more members appointed on the same date, their seniority shall be determined as follows:-

1. (a) a member appointed by direct recruitment shall be senior to a member appointed by promotion or by transfer;
2. (b) a member appointed by promotion shall be senior to a member appointed by transfer;
3. (c) in the case of a member appointed by promotion or by transfer, seniority shall be determined according to the seniority of such members in the appointments from which they are promoted or transferred; and
4. (d) in the case of members recruited by transfer from the same office, seniority shall be determined according to seniority in the appointments previously held in that cadre;
5. (e) in the case of members appointed by promotion/ transfer from different cadres, their seniority shall be determined according to pay, preference being given to a member, who was drawing a higher rate of pay in his previous appointments, and if the rates of pay drawn are also the same, then by the length of their service in the appointments and if the length of such service is also same, the older member shall be senior to the younger member.