Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 822

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

English translation of the principle

The public employee. His performance shall be evaluated at least once a year, and the report submitted concerning him shall be presented to the Personnel Affairs Committee for approval. An employee concerning whom a report rating him as poor has been submitted must be notified by being provided with a copy after its approval. The employee may lodge a grievance against this report. - The employee's receipt, during the year, of two final reports rating him as poor. Its effect. Consideration of the imposition of any of the penalties provided for in Article 60 of the Civil Service Regulations. His receipt of a third report during the same year rating him as poor. Its implication. He shall be deemed dismissed from service from the date on which this report is deemed final. - The final report prepared concerning an employee with a poor rating. It has an independent existence, and the employee may challenge it independently, subject to its conditions, procedures and time limits. The implication thereof: every final decision issued by the administrative authority in this regard is a decision standing on its own, with its consequences and effects, and the employee has an existing interest in continuing the action he brings to obtain a judgment annulling it.
Arabic original
الموظف العام. تقييم كفاءته مرة على الأقل في السنة ويعرض التقرير المقدم عنه على لجنة شئون الموظفين لاعتماده. وجوب إبلاغ الموظف الذي قدم تقرير بأنه ضعيف بصورة منه بعد اعتماده. جواز تظلم الموظف من هذا التقرير. - حصول الموظف خلال السنة على تقريرين نهائيين بأنه ضعيف. أثره. النظر في توقيع أي من العقوبات المنصوص عليها في المادة ٦٠ من نظام الخدمة المدنية. حصوله على تقرير ثالث خلال ذات السنة بأنه ضعيف. مؤداه. اعتباره مفصولاً من الخدمة من تاريخ اعتبار هذا التقرير نهائياً. - التقرير النهائي الذي يوضع للموظف بمرتبة ضعيف. له كيان مستقل وللموظف الطعن عليه على استقلال بشروطه وإجراءاته ومواعيده. مؤدى ذلك: أن كل قرار نهائي يصدر من الجهة الإدارية في هذا الشأن هو قرار قائم بذاته له تبعاته وآثاره ويكون للموظف مصلحة قائمة في الاستمرار في دعواه التي يقيمها توصلاً إلى القضاء بإلغائه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٢٢/٢٠٠٤ إداري جلسة ٢١/٣/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد العاشر ص١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 250. PDF pages: 247.

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