Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 225

Appointment to a public position. Its condition. Obtaining the qualification required to hold it and consistent with its nature. The Civil Service Council determines the levels of academic qualifications necessary for appointment. - Evaluation and equivalency of academic qualifications. Within the competence of a committee formed by the Civil Service Council from the Ministry of Education, Kuwait University, and the Personnel Bureau. - Awarding academic degrees, diplomas, and academic certificates and determining the equivalency of foreign certificates thereto. Within the competence of the Supreme Council for Higher Education. - The administration's obligation to follow the rule of equality in administrative decisions, which presupposes equivalence of legal positions. It may not be invoked to compel the administration to take a particular decision by analogy with an erroneous decision it issued. The reason for this. Issuance of a defective decision does not confer lawfulness upon it or cleanse it of the defects that vitiated it, and it may not be relied upon when issuing another decision.