Section 16 of Kerala High Court Service Rules, 2007

16. Rule 16 :- (a) Discharge of probationers and approved probationers for want of vacancy:- Probationers and approved probationers shall be discharged for want of vacancy in the following order: (i) First, the probationers in order of juniority; and (ii) Second, the approved probationers in order of juniority. (b) Reappointment:- Approved probationers and probationers, who have been discharged for want of vacancies shall be reappointed as vacancies arise in the following order: (i) First, the approved probationers in order of seniority; and (ii) Second, the probationers in order of seniority. (c) Discharge and reappointment in exceptional cases:- The order of discharge or re-appointment prescribed above may be departed from in cases where its observance would involve exceptional administrative inconvenience. (d) Right of reappointment:- Subject to the provisions of these Rules, a vacancy in any category of the Service shall not be filled by the appointment of a person who has not yet commenced his probation in that category when an approved probationer or probationer in such category discharged for want of vacancy is available for reappointment to that category.