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2025 Supreme(Ker) 2962

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
N.NAGARESH
Kerala Civil Judicial Staff Organisation (Kcjso) State Committee – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala, Represented By The Chief Secretary – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :  SRI.SASI M.R. SMT.N.P.SILPA SMT.DHARMYA M.S SMT.KAVYA KRISHNAN
SRI.S.SAJIT SANAL SMT.ARYA VALSAN
For the Respondent: SRI.PREMCHAND R NAIR, SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN, SC

Table of Content
1. petitioners seek temporary promotions under rules. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. restrictions on temporary promotions under existing circulars. (Para 7 , 8 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
3. government's discretion on temporary promotions. (Para 9 , 10)
4. interchangeability of posts for promotion. (Para 11 , 24)
5. temporary promotions granted considering exigencies. (Para 12 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)

JUDGMENT :

N. NAGARESH, J.

1. The 1st petitioner is an organisation of staff members of the Civil Judicial Department in Kerala. Petitioners 2 to 16 are working in non-gazetted posts in the Civil Judicial Department in various Districts. The petitioners seeks to declare that Rule 8 of the Kerala Judicial Ministerial Subordinate Service Rules will override Exts.P6 and P7. The petitioners seek to allow temporary promotions to the petitioners under the Rules, 1975.

2. The petitioners state that though the District Judges are the appointing authorities of petitioners 11 to 16, they cannot promote staff members when vacancies arise in certain posts in view of Ext.P1 Office Memorandum dated 23.11.2022. Ext.P1 states that as per Rule 28(a) Part II of KS&SSR, declaration of probation is essenti

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