Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1584

State of Kuwait · Administrative Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Verification of the validity of the grounds upon which an employee's efficiency assessment was based. A question of fact for the court of merits. Its condition. The judgment basing its ruling annulling the respondent's efficiency assessment decision on the grounds that the reasons stated therein were general and unspecified, found no support in the actual case papers, and lacked supporting evidence, and that the administrative authority had submitted no documents establishing the validity of the grounds upon which the efficiency assessment decision was based; and the judgment concluding that the decision was defective in its element of cause, rendering it invalid, and ordering its annulment with the consequences ensuing therefrom. No defect.
Arabic original
التحقق من صحة الأسباب التي بني عليها تقدير كفاية الموظف. واقع لمحكمة الموضوع. شرطه. إقامة الحكم قضاءه بإلغاء قرار تقدير الكفاية للمطعون ضده على سند من أن الأسباب التي وردت به جاءت في صيغة عامة غير محددة ولا تجد لها سنداً من عيون الأوراق وتخلو من دليل يؤيدها وأن جهة الإدارة لم تقدم مستندات تفيد صحة الأسباب التي بني عليها قرار تقدير الكفاية وانتهاء الحكم إلى أن القرار معيب في ركن السبب مما يبطله وقضى بإلغائه وما يترتب عليه من آثار. لا عيب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٢٢/٢٠٠٤ إداري جلسة ٢١/٣/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد العاشر ص٢٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 454. PDF pages: 451.

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