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Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958

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DR. SHARMADversusSTATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS

2025 INSC 70Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

C. ANIL CHANDRANversusM.K. RAGHAVAN AND OTHERS

2023 INSC 962Dismissed

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 …

PRAVEEN KUMAR C.PversusKERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ORS.

2021 INSC 404Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

C. JAYACHANDRANversusSTATE OF KERALA & ORS. ETC.

2020 INSC 265Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

AJITH K & ORS.versusANEESH K.S. & ORS.

2019 INSC 940Dismissed

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 …

V. K. GIRIJA V. RESHMA PARAYIL & ORS.versusRESHMA PARAYIL & ORS.

2018 INSC 1147Dismissed

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 …

R. JAYARAMA AND ORS.versusSTATE OF KERALA AND ORS.

2010 INSC 834Dismissed

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 …

MAYA MATHEWversusSTATE OF KERALA & ORS.

2010 INSC 112Dismissed

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 …

R. HARIHARAN AND ORS.versusK. BALACHANDRAN NAIR AND ORS.

2000 INSC 439Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, engineers employed by the Kerala State Electricity Board, were appointed on an ad‑hoc basis between 1976 and 1979 and later regularised after passing departmental exams. The Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) refused to concur with the regularisation dates, leading the Board to …