The Indian Civil Service Act 1861
WHEREAS by Section Fifty-six of an Act of the Thirty-third Year of King George the Third, Chapter Fifty-two, it was enacted that all the Civil Servants of the East India Company in India under the Rank or Degree of Members of Council should have and be entitled to Precedence in the Service of the said Company at their respective Stations according to their Seniority of Appointment, and that no such Civil Servant should be capable of being advanced or promoted to any higher Station, Rank, or D...