Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 292

Proceedings in an annulment action are objective proceedings premised on challenging the administrative decision itself with the aim of reviewing its legality. The implication thereof. The administrative decision is an essential prerequisite for their institution. The administration’s withdrawal of the decision. Its effect. It produces the same consequences as its judicial annulment, is deemed never to have existed, and its effects are erased from the time of its issuance. - A status-adjustment action. It is an entitlement action and is based on consideration of the source from which the employee derives his right; it is regarded as such if that source is a general regulatory rule. The implication thereof. Decisions issued by the administrative authority in this regard are merely implementing procedures and an application - 83 - Administrative of the regulatory rule, without any discretionary power.