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In favour of seniority:

Entry in a job can be on merit, for that is an objective criterion for a start, but once a person joins an office, his actual experience alone must count in allowing him promotions. This experience enables him to gain true knowledge of the practical working of his office. We cannot deny the fact that seniority makes a man proportionately experienced while mere merit takes into consideration only bookish knowledge.

From our own experience in India we find that our old system of hereditary practice of a particular trade or profession enables young boys to gain much more experience than today’s newly recruited young men who are given higher position, salary and status.

There being no absolute and infallible test for computerising one’s merit on the basis of an objective criterion, the system of promotion by merit allows for subjective assessment by the higher officers and thus leads to favouritism and corruption. On the contrary, seniority being quite obvious promotions based on it leave no leave no scope for corruption or favouritism.

 By merit we generally mean securing high marks in written part of an examination and intelligently convincing the examiner or the interviewer but the fact is that even duffers can secure high marks by cramming a few important answers and get through the interview by chance or recommendation. On the contrary, only practical experience can give us the true knowledge of theory and practice of a particular time.

In favour of merit:

Promotions in offices and factories should be based on merit alone, for if seniority were to be given weight age in promoting one to higher posts.

Greatest progress in nations of the world has been achieved where promotions and honours have gone to the meritorious alone. Here we have the most spectacular case of China they followed teachings since ancient times and recruited their Government officers accordingly on the basis of a competition.

Granted people with seniority are sometimes more knowledgeable than new recruits who come on the basis of examinations and competitions but they are exceptions and few in numbers.

While a majority of them do not make any serious attempt to know or learn more and do better. However the few who do improve themselves do get an opportunity for promotions though on the basis of both merit and seniority.

The requirements of the present day old people out dated and out of tune, because of rapid technological advancement in factories and new work culture in offices their experience of the past does not help them.

In such a situation, seniority is bound to be left irrelevant and only merit as proved through technical and practical knowledge will count.

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