☐The perennial dispute of seniority between the direct recruits and promotes, that keeps showing its fang time and again in one form or the other, has surfaced in these batch ... of appeals as well. Genesis of the dispute lies in the Punjab Police Service Rules 1959 (hereinafter referred to as “1959 Rules”) and the origin can​ be traced to the judgment of this Court in the case of Paramjit Singh & Ors. vs. Ram Rakha.