The Provincial Council of Seville annuls the specific competition for head positions

The Plenary of the Provincial Council of Seville has annulled the provision system via specific competition for 33 Service Head and Center Director positions, in compliance with Judgment No. 166/2024, dated November 28, of the Administrative Litigation Court No. 13 of Seville, as specified by the Execution Order of May 22, 2026. The decision, adopted by Plenary Agreement on July 30, 2026, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Seville (No. 164, Tuesday, August 25, 2026), with reference BOP-SE-2026-164002.

A dispute starting in 2022

The conflict dates back to the Plenary Agreement of July 28, 2022, which modified the Job Position List (RPT) and replaced the existing provision systems with a specific competition for all headships and directorships, covered under Article 45 of Royal Decree 364/1995. The union section of CSIF appealed this agreement, and the judgment partially upheld its claims, considering the motivation of the file insufficient and declaring the annulment—not the nullity—of the provision modality.

Following a first validation attempt and the processing of the first specific competition (Resolution No. 2457/2024, awarded by Resolution No. 6438/2025), the Order of May 22, 2026 specified that the nullity must be complied with in its own terms, and could not be remedied by subsequent actions. The Plenary Agreement of June 25, 2026 assumed the execution and authorized the Public Employee Area to adopt the necessary measures.

Immediate execution measures

Resolution No. 4750/2026, dated July 8, from the Delegated Deputy of the Public Employee Area, arranged the first actions:

• Termination of the definitive awards from the first specific competition, effective from June 25, 2026, at the end of the working day.
• Temporary maintenance of provisional appointments from June 26, 2026, to ensure the continuity of public services.
• Transitional period until the definitive filling of the positions through the appropriate system.

Restoration of previous systems

The execution requires the recovery of the regime in force prior to the annulled agreement. Thus, the general competition is restored as the ordinary system for the majority of the affected positions, and free designation for positions 1100-1 and 1100-2, as well as for the headships attached to the Presidency, General Secretariat, Personnel, and the Special Fire Prevention and Extinction Service (SEPEI).

The positions affected by the annulment correspond to codes 0683-1, 0636-1, 0098-1, 0098-3, 1134-1, 1076-1, 1140-1, 1536-1, 1210-1, 1536-2, 1616-1, 0098-2, 0213-1, 1341-1, 0757-1, 0757-2, 0539-1, 1326-1, 1396-1, 0514-1, 1676-1, 0976-1, 0059-1, 1207-1, 0059-2, 0976-2, 0308-1, 0167-1, 0167-2, 0167-3, 0976-3, 1720-1 and 1716-1.

Impact and next steps

The modification is understood without prejudice to the organizational decisions that may derive from the ongoing Job Evaluation, within the framework of the Human Resources Planning Plan approved on April 4, 2024. Against the agreement, which concludes the administrative process, an appeal for reversal may be filed within one month or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months of its publication.

The decision returns the provincial workforce to a more transparent and merit-based provision model, following litigation that has conditioned the filling of the corporation’s management positions for two years.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Seville, no. 164, August 25, 2026, Local Administration, page 5 (official reference: BOP-SE-2026-164002).