Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958

The appellant, a graduate engineer appointed as Overseer Grade‑III on compassionate grounds, was later promoted to Assistant Engineer in 1995 and sought seniority for further promotion. Private respondents, diploma holders, were granted back‑dated promotions to Assistant Engineer effective 01‑08‑1993 by an order dated …

The appellants, selected by the Kerala State Public Service Commission for direct recruitment as Reserve Sub Inspectors, were advised of vacancies between 1990 and 1993 but were not appointed until a Government Order dated 17‑06‑1999 invoked Rule 39 of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 to retain the…

The appellants challenged the inclusion of candidates holding a two‑year Diploma in Health Inspectors Course (DHIC) in the short‑list for the post of Junior Health Inspector Grade‑II in the Municipal Common Service, arguing that DHIC was a higher qualification and should be treated as equivalent under Rule 10(a)(ii) of…

Maya Mathew, a pharmacist in the Kerala State Homeopathy Services, challenged the method used to allocate vacancies for Medical Officer posts, arguing that the ratio of direct recruitment to transfers should be applied to the cadre strength of the post as mandated by Note (3) of Rule 5 of the General Rules, not to the …

The appellants, Praveen Kumar C.P. and Anitha Devi, applied for High School Assistant posts in Kerala where the recruitment notification required a B.Ed. in the concerned subject (Natural Science). Their B.Ed. degrees were in Biological Science (and related subjects) obtained from universities outside Kerala. They obta…

Dr. Sharmad, an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in Kerala's Medical Education Service, was promoted to Associate Professor on 6 February 2013. The promotion was challenged by a third respondent who argued that the promotion required five years of physical teaching experience as an Assistant Professor after obtainin…

V.K. Girija was appointed as a Higher Secondary School Teacher (Economics) by direct recruitment. Reshma Parayil, a Higher Secondary School Assistant, claimed that the vacancy should have been filled by transfer under Rule 4(2) of the Kerala Education Rules, 1959. The State Government ordered her transfer, but a Single…

The appellant, C. Jayachandran, applied for a District Judge post under a 2007 advertisement for six Higher Judicial Service vacancies. After the High Court annulled the grant of moderation marks to other candidates, the revised select list placed Jayachandran at rank 3, but his appointment was delayed until 24 Februar…