- Rule 18.1(ii) — Post of Assistant Secretary and Assistant Controller of Examination placed in single cadre- mode of appointment (1) promotion on the basis of seniority-cum-fitness from the next lower grade in the first instance and (ii) selection on the basis of merit- but condition of being a graduate applicable in any situation. Ghulab Khan v. Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education 1993 SCR 24 (A)