CSIF challenges the Provincial Council's staffing and RPT before the Court of First Instance

The Official Gazette of the Province of Seville number 219, dated November 12, 2026 (page 10, CVE BOP-SE-2026-219005), publishes the summons to the parties interested in procedure 259/2026 of the Contentious-Administrative Section of the Court of First Instance of Seville, Plaza no. 6, arising from the appeal filed by the Central Sindical Independiente y de Funcionarios (CSIF) against the modifications to the staff and the Job Classification List (RPT) of the Provincial Council of Seville. Interested parties have nine days from the date of publication to appear, and the hearing is set for Friday, November 20, 2026, at 10:45 a.m. The announcement is signed by the general secretary of the Corporation, Fernando Fernández Figueroa Guerrero, by delegation of Resolution 1221/2026, of March 3.

The summons is issued «following the indication» of the judicial section and in accordance with Article 49.1 of Law 29/1998, of July 13, regulating the Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction, and, by reference thereto, Article 45 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure. The text identifies the appeal as «no. 256/2026» in its body, while the heading of the announcement refers to «procedure 259/2026», a numbering discrepancy that appears as such in the official publication.

What is being appealed

The object of the litigation consists of two blocks of decisions by the provincial Corporation:

• The modifications to the civil service and labor staff and to the RPT initially approved in the ordinary session of March 26, 2026 (published in the BOP of Seville number 68, of April 10, 2026).
• The dismissal of the allegations presented against those modifications, agreed upon by the Corporation in the ordinary session of May 28, 2026.
• The modification of the RPT regarding the position of Head of the Municipal Infrastructure Service, of the Territorial Cohesion Area, published in the BOP of Seville number 186, of August 12, 2022.

The union therefore challenges both the catalog of positions and the budgetary staff of the provincial personnel, as well as a specific head position whose filling was linked to the provision system established in 2022.

Deadlines and appearance

The announcement establishes the conditions for intervening in the procedure:

• A period of nine business days from the publication of the announcement to appear.
• Appearance with a Court Representative (Procurador) and assistance of a Lawyer, or representation and assistance by the latter.
• Hearing on Friday, November 20, 2026, at 10:45 a.m., in Courtroom no. 4, ground floor of Building A of the Palmas Altas Campus, calle Energía Solar no. 1, 41014 Seville.
• Scheduling agreed by Decree of August 28, 2026, by the Lawyer of the Administration of Justice.

The precedent of service headships

The conflict links to the dispute maintained since 2022 regarding the system for filling headship positions. According to the file published in the BOP of Seville number 164, dated August 25, 2026, the Plenary Agreement of July 28, 2022 replaced previous systems with the Specific Competition for all Service Headships and Center Directorates, which was appealed by the union section of CSIF. Judgment No. 166/2024, of November 28, 2024, from the Contentious-Administrative Court No. 13 of Seville (abbreviated procedure 445/2023) partially upheld the claim and annulled that provision modality due to insufficient motivation, without declaring its nullity.

Following the Execution Order of May 22, 2026 and the Plenary Agreement of June 25, 2026, the Plenary approved a new modification of the RPT (Personnel Structure Registry) on July 30, 2026, regarding the provision of headships and center directorates. The same file states that Resolution No. 7731/2025, of October 30, had provisionally suspended appointments and provisional mobility linked to the affected positions, and that the first specific competition was called by Resolution No. 2457/2024 and awarded by Resolution No. 6438/2025, of September 17.

Impact

The appeal affects all personnel of the Provincial Council of Seville and the processes for filling headships; therefore, any interested party—staff, applicants, and union organizations—must consider their appearance before the nine-day deadline expires. The hearing on November 20 may condition the validity of the staff list and the RPT approved in March, as well as the continuity of the resulting provision procedures.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Seville, no. 219, of November 12, 2026, Local Administration, page 10 (official reference: BOP-SE-2026-219005).