Kerala Public Services Act, 1968

The Kerala Public Service Commission published a list of 40 direct recruits for the Excise Inspector cadre, which was challenged on the ground that the ratio of direct recruitment to promotion should be limited to 25% of the total cadre strength as per Note (3) to Rule 5 of the 1958 Service Rules. The petitioners argue…

The case concerned Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) recruited in different districts of Kerala, some of whom were transferred on their own request to another district and placed below the junior‑most local LDCs. The dispute arose over whether the seniority of these transferred LDCs for promotion to Upper Division Clerk (UD…

The appeal concerned the interpretation of Rule 7 of the Kerala Judicial Service Rules, 1991 (as amended 2019) regarding the number of "probable vacancies" for appointing Munsiff‑Magistrates. The High Court had held that vacancies arising within a year of the Governor’s approval of the merit list could be filled from t…

The deceased N.D. Pamboodripad, a retired Kerala High Court Judge, challenged the pension fixed by the Kerala Government, arguing that his "emolument" for pension calculation should include dearness and special allowances (Rs 4,237 per month) and that the ceiling on the special additional pension under Part III of the …

The Supreme Court examined the validity of the Kerala Judicial Service Rules, 1991 which integrated the Civil Judicial Service and Criminal Judicial Service into a single Kerala Judicial Service. Sub‑rule (4) of Rule 3 fixed a 3:1 ratio for Subordinate Judges versus Chief Judicial Magistrates and a 5:2 ratio for Munsif…