Injunction halts dismissal of visually impaired professional at Igualdad

The Liquidator of the Ministry of Equality and Equity in Liquidation reversed the suppression of the position of a university professional with a visual disability and ordered that they be maintained on the personnel roster. This was done through Resolution LIQ-00247 of 2026, issued on November 10 and published in Official Gazette number 53,688 on Thursday, November 12, 2026, in compliance with a tutela ruling. The act does not reopen the job suppression program, but it does suspend the removal of that civil servant.

The framework for the decision is the liquidation process of the Ministry of Equality and Equity, established by Decree number 626 of 2026, published on June 23 of that year, which granted the Liquidator the authority to develop the job suppression program and determine the personnel required to accompany the liquidation, in accordance with Decree Law 254 of 2000, modified by Law 1105 of 2006, and Law 909 of 2004. In exercise of this power, Resolution LIQ-00174 of October 8, 2026, suppressed sixty (60) positions from the roster of the entity in liquidation, as part of the progressive execution of the program.

The same issue of the Official Gazette from November 12 contains over a dozen resolutions from the LIQ series (including numbers LIQ-00090, LIQ-00091, LIQ-00092, LIQ-00098, LIQ-00130, LIQ-00174, and LIQ-00194 of 2026), which demonstrates the scale of the dismantling: suppression of positions, retirements from service, adoption of the contracting regulations, the catalog of grounds for rejection of claims, and the closing of the claims period.

The ruling that originated the correction

The Twelfth Oral Family Court of Bogotá, D. C. issued a sentence on November 6, 2026, within the tutela action filed under number 2026-00756, in which it protected the fundamental right to due process of Arian Rogelio Salazar Forero, a civil servant in the position of University Professional, code 2044, grade 10, appointed on a provisional basis.

The constitutional judge concluded that the communication of the suppression decision had not been proven via a format that was accessible and compatible with the plaintiff’s visual disability. For this reason, the court ordered the ministry in liquidation to carry out a new communication of Resolution LIQ-00174 of October 8, 2026, and the documents related to the suppression of the position, through an accessible digital format that guaranteed effective, autonomous, and comprehensive knowledge.

What changes in the personnel roster

The operative part of Resolution LIQ-00247 of 2026 provides:

• Article one of Resolution LIQ-00174 of 2026 is modified regarding the University Professional positions, code 2044, grade 10, the quantity of which is reduced from twelve (12) to eleven (11).
• The position held by Arian Rogelio Salazar Forero is excluded from the suppression, remaining on the staff and maintaining the continuity of their provisional appointment, without interruption.
• The competent departments must carry out the actions to fully comply with the ruling, including the new communication ordered by the judicial office, observing the accessibility conditions indicated in the providence.
• This modification does not affect the suppression of the other positions established in Resolution LIQ-00174 of 2026, which retain the effects provided for in that act.

The legal basis further invokes Decree number 1219 of 2026, article 27 of Decree number 2591 of 1991, and the powers of the Liquidator to direct the liquidation process and determine the positions that must remain on the staff.

Limited scope and without appeals

Article two specifies that the resolution is issued in compliance with a judicial tutela decision and does not constitute a general modification of the employment suppression program of the Ministry of Equality and Equity in Liquidation. Article three warns that no administrative appeal may be filed against the act, as it is a general act issued in compliance with a judicial decision, in accordance with article 75 of the Code of Administrative Procedure and Contentious Administrative Matters. The act is effective from its issuance and was signed in Bogotá, D.C., on November 10, 2026, by the Liquidator John Milton Rodríguez González.

The case establishes a relevant criterion for other servants in liquidation: the communication of a position suppression to a person with a disability must be made in an accessible format, and its absence vitiates the dismissal. The resolution itself clarifies that the effect is individual and does not stop the dismantling of the entity, such that the precedent is binding on the method of notification, not on the general continuity of the suppressed positions.

Source: Official Gazette, Edition 53,688, Thursday, November 12, 2026, pgs. 42-43 (official reference: Resolution LIQ-00247 of 2026).