The Chandigarh cadre has reinstated the option for common cadre: instructions to create a list in 3 months, priority will be decided based on total service period.

The Chandigarh bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has delivered its verdict on a long-standing dispute regarding the seniority of clerks and junior assistants. CAT has directed the Chandigarh Administration to prepare a combined seniority list for employees recruited in the common cadre and those who opted to join from departmental cadres. CAT has clarified that while determining the mutual seniority of employees,