Section 10 of Kerala High Court Service Rules, 2007

10. Exemption from passing tests :- Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 8(2) (i) where a pass in departmental test is prescribed as special qualification for promotion or declaration of probation for any category, grade or post, a member already in service belonging to Scheduled Caste or Tribe who has not passed the test but who is otherwise qualified for appointment to such category, grade or post may be appointed thereto granting temporary exemption from special qualifications for such period as the Chief Justice may order from time to time. If the member so appointed does not pass the test within the said period of exemption, he shall be reverted to the category, grade or post from which he was so appointed and shall not again be eligible for appointment under this rule: Provided that a person so reverted shall not by reason only of his appointment under this rule be entitled to any preferential claim to future appointments to any category, grade or post as the case may be, to which he had been appointed under this rule.