Kerala Service Rules

The appellants, who were Assistant Educational Officers (AEO) in the Kerala Education Service, were ordered by a 1977 government letter to be transferred back to the lower post of High School Assistant (HSA) after six years of service. They challenged the reversion as violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution…

V. Sukumaran, who had worked for over seven years as a Casual Labour Roll (CLR) employee in the Kerala Fisheries Department, later entered government service through a regular recruitment process and retired as an Upper Division Clerk. He claimed that his CLR service should be counted as qualifying service for pension …

M. Mohammed Abdulla, a permanent government servant who had entered the Kerala service in 1975 and completed his probation, availed leave without allowance under paragraph 4 of Appendix XIIA of the Kerala Service Rules to work abroad. While he was on leave, his junior was promoted, and the State later restored Abdulla'…

The petitioner, a laboratory attendant deputed to the City Improvement Trust, had his deputation extended until 31-10-66 with a clear notice that no further extension would be granted. He later sought to remain in the Trust, but no order was issued. After the Trust merged with the Kerala State Housing Board, the Direct…

The Kerala Assistant Public Prosecutors Association appealed to the Supreme Court seeking parity in retirement age with Public Prosecutors, arguing that both categories perform similar duties and that the former should retire at 60 years like the latter. The High Court had rejected this claim, holding that the modes of…

The petitioner, K. Ponnamma, and her husband were charged under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code; the husband was convicted while the petitioner was acquitted. During the pendency of the criminal trial she was suspended under Kerala Service Rule 57, which bars drawing any pay except a subsistence allowance…

N.D.P. Namboodripad, a retired High Court Judge of Kerala, challenged the method used by the Central and State Governments to calculate his pension, arguing that his last drawn emoluments should include dearness allowance and special allowances as per Rule 62 of the Kerala Service Rules. The High Court initially ordere…

The Supreme Court examined whether a government employee convicted of corruption, with a criminal appeal pending, is entitled to his death‑cum‑retirement gratuity (DCRG) under the Kerala Service Rules. The Court held that Rule 3A cannot be read in isolation; it must be read together with Rule 3, Note 2 and Ruling 3, wh…

The Supreme Court considered whether teachers who, after attaining the age of superannuation, continued in service under Rule 62 of the Kerala Education Rules, 1959 were entitled to the benefit of a pay revision that took effect during the extended service period. The State of Kerala argued that Rule 60(c) of the Keral…

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 …

Dr. G. Sadhasivan Nair, a former lecturer and later professor at Cochin University of Science and Technology, sought to have his eight years of practice as an advocate counted as qualifying service for his superannuation pension under Rule 25(a) of the Kerala Service Rules. The University rejected his claim, relying on…

Anie Lukose retired as a selection‑grade lecturer on 31 July 2006 and her basic pension was initially fixed at Rs 8,907 in the pre‑revised pay scale. After a revision of the pay scale, the Accountant General fixed her pension at Rs 19,334 in the revised scale, relying on circulars G.O.(P) No. 211/2011 and G.O.(P) No. 2…