The High Court of Justice of Castilla y León annuls the rules for three positions

The Administrative Litigation Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Castilla y León, based in Valladolid, has declared null and void the General Bases governing the selection processes derived from the 2022 public employment offer of the regional Administration, although the annulment is limited to the three positions of Community Legal Counsel (Letrado de la Comunidad). The ruling, contained in judgment no. 488/2025, dated April 11, 2025, is published in the Official Gazette of Castilla y León (BOCYL) no. 218, dated November 11, 2026, page 412, by Resolution of November 4, 2026, of the General Directorate of the Civil Service. The publication is agreed upon in compliance with Article 118 of the Constitution and Article 17.2 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary, which require the ruling of judgments that annul administrative acts to be inserted in the official gazette “for general knowledge and compliance.”

The appeal was filed by the Association of Legal Counsels of the Community of Castilla y León and was processed as ordinary procedure no. 974/2022 before the Valladolid chamber. The contested bases are those governing the selection processes derived from the public employment offer of the regional General Administration and its autonomous bodies, approved by Agreement 131/2022 and announced through the Resolution of December 22, 2022, of the Vice-Ministry of Public Administrations and Citizen Services, published in the BOCYL of December 29, 2022. That call organized entry, via a competitive examination (concurso-oposición), into the General Administration Corps and the Legal Counsel Corps, within the temporary employment stabilization process provided for in Law 20/2021.

What the ruling declares

The pronouncement, which partially upholds the claim, contains the following points:

• Partially upholds the administrative litigation appeal of the Association of Legal Counsels of the Community of Castilla y León.
• Declares null and void the General Bases governing the selection processes derived from the public employment offer approved by Agreement 131/2022.
• Extends the nullity to the Resolution of December 22, 2022, of the Vice-Ministry of Public Administrations and Citizen Services.
• Expressly limits this effect “exclusively” to that which affects the 3 positions of Legal Counsel of the Community of Castilla y León.
• Orders the rectification of the bases and the execution of a new call through a selection procedure that guarantees compliance with the indicated principles.
• Dismisses the rest of the claims formulated and does not impose legal costs.

The practical consequence is that the regional Administration must redo the filling of those three Legal Counsel positions with a corrected selection process, and not maintain the call as it was approved in December 2022.

Limited scope of the annulment

The ruling does not invalidate the 2022 public employment offer as a whole, nor the processes for the General Administration Corps deriving from it. The judgment limits the nullity to the three positions of the Legal Counsel Corps; thus, the remaining claims of the appealing association have been rejected, and the judicial resolution is without an order for costs.

This limitation is relevant for the applicants: the ruling directly affects those competing for those three positions of Legal Counsel of the Community, while the general call for the General Administration Corps derived from the same offer is not annulled by this resolution.

Publication and administrative effects

The Resolution of November 4, 2026, signed by the Director General of the Civil Service, Fco. Javier Raedo Aparicio, a body dependent on the Ministry of the Presidency, provides for the publication of the ruling in section I of the bulletin, under heading B.2 of competitive examinations and contests, with the official reference BOCYL-D-11112026-218-16. The text literally reproduces the tenor of the judicial ruling, without adding additional pronouncements.

With the insertion in the BOCYL, the legal requirement to provide general knowledge of the sentence is fulfilled, and the way is opened for the competent ministry to adapt the annulled bases and resolve the new call ordered by the chamber.

The ruling affects a small but strategic group, that of the legal counsels of the regional Administration, and forces a repetition of part of the temporary employment stabilization process initiated under Law 20/2021. For the candidates for those three positions, the immediate consequence is that the 2022 call does not serve as the definitive framework and must be replaced by another that respects the principles that the court considers violated.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla y León, no. 218, November 11, 2026, I. Community of Castilla y León, B.2 Competitive Examinations and Contests, page 412 (official reference: BOCYL-D-11112026-218-16).