Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1290

The Administrative Circuit of the Court of First Instance. Its jurisdiction over applications to annul administrative decisions concerning civil employees. Limited to applications to annul decisions concerning appointment, promotion, termination of service and imposition of disciplinary penalties. Applications to annul employee transfer decisions fall outside its jurisdiction unless they embody a disguised decision within its jurisdiction. Reason therefor. What matters is what the administrative authority truly intended, not the description it gave its decision. - 375 - Administrative