|Chhattisgarh High Court
Executive Circular Cannot Override Statutory Recruitment Rules for Seniority | Transferred Forest Guards : CG HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court struck down a 2014 forest-department circular that put transferred forest guards at the bottom of seniority lists, holding that statutory recruitment rules and constitutional equality cannot be overridden by executive orders. The ruling safeguards seniority rights of forest service staff.