Teaching Staff executes the judgment recognizing the supplement for Gallego Guisado

The General Directorate of Teaching Personnel of the Junta de Extremadura has ordered the execution of judgment no. 52/2026, dated June 3, which fully upholds the contentious-administrative appeal of Sergio Gallego Guisado and obliges the Administration to recognize and pay him the Department Head supplement. The resolution, signed on September 18, 2026, by the general director David Moreno Rego, is published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura no. 187, dated September 28, 2026, with the official reference 2026062407.

The origin of the litigation

Abbreviated procedure no. 54/2026 was conducted before the Court of First Instance, Contentious-Administrative Section, Plaza no. 2, of Mérida, at the request of Sergio Gallego Guisado, represented by Gloria Cabrera, against the resolution of the General Directorate of Teaching Personnel dated February 5, 2026.

That resolution dismissed the request for payment of the Department Head supplement and, according to the account of the published resolution itself, also the appeal for reversal filed by the plaintiff. The conflict, therefore, centers on the financial recognition of leadership functions that the teacher had been effectively performing.

Judgment no. 52/2026 was issued on June 3, 2026, and is final, with no further appeal possible, which paves the way for its material execution by the body competent by reason of the subject matter.

The ruling and the award of costs

The literal wording of the ruling, reproduced in the resolution of the Official Gazette of Extremadura, establishes:

• To fully uphold the contentious-administrative appeal presented by Gloria Cabrera in the name and representation of Sergio Gallego Guisado.
• To declare the resolution of the General Directorate of Teaching Personnel dated February 5, 2026, as contrary to Law.
• To recognize the appellant and pay him the Department Head supplements for the roles he effectively performed, along with the inherent economic and administrative rights.
• To order the Administration to make the payment, which will be specified during the execution of the judgment.
• To impose the costs of the procedure on the defendant Administration.

Legal basis for execution

The resolution is based on Article 40.1 of Decree 1/2022, of January 12, which approves the Regulations for the organization and operation of the General Advocacy of the Junta de Extremadura, its Body of Lawyers, and the Legal Commission of Extremadura, which assigns the material execution of final judgments to the body competent by reason of the subject matter.

Article 9.1 of Decree 59/1991, of July 23, on administrative processing in the execution of judicial resolutions, is also invoked, which obliges the competent body to issue the corresponding resolution to comply with the ruling. Section 9.3 of the same regulation considers the insertion of the plaintiff’s and defendant’s data, the case number, and the content of the ruling, stating the finality of the judgment, in the Official Gazette of Extremadura to be sufficient for publicity purposes.

The operative part of the resolution is limited to a single section: to proceed with the execution of judgment no. 52/2026 in the abbreviated procedure no. 54/2026.

Impact for the teaching staff

The publication of this execution confirms that the educational Administration’s refusal to pay the Department Head supplement to a teacher who effectively performed those duties lacks legal support, according to the criteria of the Court of First Instance of Mérida. The ruling, which is now final and with costs imposed on the Administration, sets a precedent applicable to other Extremaduran teachers who are in the same situation and whose requests for payment have been dismissed by the General Directorate of Teaching Personnel.

Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura, no. 187, of September 28, 2026, section III (Other Resolutions) (official reference: 2026062407).